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==Background==
==Background==
Theriot (pronounced TERRY O) received an associate's degree in [[electrical engineering]] from Delgado Community College in his native [[New Orleans]]. He procured a Bachelor of Commercial Science degree from [[Roman Catholic]]-affiliated Loyola University New Orleans. Since college, he has operated his own accounting firm in Gretna, the seat of government for Jefferson Parish. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants, and the Institute of Management Accountants. He served on the Jefferson Parish Home Mortgage Authority from 1979 to 1982 and on the Jefferson Parish School Board from 1983 to 1987. He was a member of the board of West Jefferson Medical Center from 1997 to 2002 and chairman of the medical center from 2002 to 2004. He also owns a [[lobbying]] company. He and his wife, the former Gwendolyn E. Dunn, have three children.<ref name=bio/> Their daughter, Wanda Lynn Theriot (born February 1971), is a Republican<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2613038|title=Wanda Theriot, February 1971|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=May 22, 2015}}</ref> lawyer and has been a vice president for public finance at Coastal Securities, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Wanda&qmi=&qn=Theriot&qcs=Marrero%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Wanda Lynn Theriot|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=May 22, 2015}}</ref> When Steve Theriot resigned as a lobbyist for the Jefferson Parish Council, he transferred his lobbying company to his daughter. She later lost the Jefferson Parish contract.<ref name=conflict/>
Theriot (pronounced TERRY O) received an associate's degree in electrical engineering from Delgado Community College in his native [[New Orleans]]. He procured a Bachelor of Commercial Science degree from [[Roman Catholic]]-affiliated Loyola University New Orleans. Since college, he has operated his own accounting firm in Gretna, the seat of government for Jefferson Parish. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants, and the Institute of Management Accountants. He served on the Jefferson Parish Home Mortgage Authority from 1979 to 1982 and on the Jefferson Parish School Board from 1983 to 1987. He was a member of the board of West Jefferson Medical Center from 1997 to 2002 and chairman of the medical center from 2002 to 2004. He also owns a [[lobbying]] company. He and his wife, the former Gwendolyn E. Dunn, have three children.<ref name=bio/> Their daughter, Wanda Lynn Theriot (born February 1971), is a Republican<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=2613038|title=Wanda Theriot, February 1971|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=May 22, 2015}}</ref> lawyer and has been a vice president for public finance at Coastal Securities, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Wanda&qmi=&qn=Theriot&qcs=Marrero%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Wanda Lynn Theriot|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=May 22, 2015}}</ref> When Steve Theriot resigned as a lobbyist for the Jefferson Parish Council, he transferred his lobbying company to his daughter. She later lost the Jefferson Parish contract.<ref name=conflict/>
==State representative==
Theriot was first elected to the District 84 House seat from Jefferson Parish in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 1987, when, with 5,577 votes (56.3 percent), he defeated two other Democrats.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref> He was unopposed in 1991 and did not seek a third term in 1995, when the seat went to another Democrat, N. J. Damico.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 1995.</ref>
Theriot was first elected to the District 84 House seat from Jefferson Parish in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 1987, when, with 5,577 votes (56.3 percent), he defeated two other Democrats.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref> He was unopposed in 1991 and did not seek a third term in 1995, when the seat went to another Democrat, N. J. Damico.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 18, 1995.</ref>