Harry Hollins
{Infobox officeholder
|name=Harry Muth Hollins
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|office=Louisiana State Representative for District 35 (Calcasieu Parish)
|term_start=May 1964
|term_end=March 1980
|preceded=Two-member district:
James M. "Jim" Brown
Jesse Monroe Knowles
|succeeded=Margaret Lowenthal
|party= Democrat
|birth_date=August 25, 1932
|birth_place=Place of birth missing
|residence=Lake Charles
Calcasieu Parish
|death_date=June 29, 1989 (aged 56)
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|resting_place=Orange Grove Cemetery in
Lake Charles, Louisiana
|alma_mater=
|occupation=Businessman
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Harry M. Hollins' (c. 1933 – 1989) was a four-term Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Lake Charles in Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana. His tenure extended from 1964 to 1980 during the administrations of Governors John McKeithen and Edwin Edwards.[1]
In 1970, Hollins sponsored the legislation which created the Sabine River water diversion project. In 1978, he chaired a legislative committee which investigated state Insurance commissioner Sherman A. Bernard. [2]In 1993, Bernard confessed to having [[Extortion|extorted during the 1980s some $80,000, disguised s campaign contributions, from insurance companies in return for obtaining operating licenses in Louisiana.[3]
After his legislative years, Hollins headed the Louisiana Real Estate Commission and the Louisiana Racing Commission. He died at the age of fifty-six.[2]
Hollins died at the age of fifty-six. He is interred at Orange Grove Cemetery in Lake Charles.[4] Hollins' extensive archival materials are located at McNeese State University in Lake Charles.[2]
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References
- ^ "Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives: Calcasieu Parish" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ a b c Guide to Harry Hollins Papers (PDF), ereserves.mcneese.edu, retrieved July 13, 2015
{{citation}}: Text "web" ignored (help) - ^ "Dominic Massa, "Ex-insurance commissioner Sherman Bernard dies at 87," May 11, 2012". WWL-TV. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- ^ "Harry Muth Hollins". findagrave.com. Retrieved July 13, 2015.