Tim Stine

Timothy Drost Stine
Louisiana State Representative for District 33 (Calcasieu Parish)
In office 1988–1996
Preceded by	Dennis Stine
Succeeded by	Ronnie Johns
Personal details
Born	October 26, 1956 Sulphur Calcasieu Parish Louisiana, USA
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Jane Lynn Stine
Children	Jake, Amy, and Alice Stine
Parents	Jackson W. and Doris Rita Drost Stine
Residence	Sulphur, Louisiana
Alma mater	University of Louisiana at Lafayette McNeese State University
Occupation	Businessman
Religion	Roman Catholic

Timothy Drost Stine, known as Tim Stine (born October 26, 1956), is a businessman from his native Sulphur, Louisiana,^[1] who served from 1989 to 1996 as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 33 in Calcasieu Parish in the southwestern portion of his state.^[2]

On October 1, 1988, Stine handily won a special election over two fellow Democrats, Raphael Anthony "Ray" Coltrin (1947-2010), an electrician who had served on the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury,^[3] and lawyer Oliver "Jackson" Schrumpf, ^[4] for the right to succeed his brother, Dennis Stine, who had resigned to become state commissioner of administration under newly elected Governor Buddy Roemer.

Biography

Stine is the youngest of seven children of a Sulphur couple, Jackson W. Stine, who established Stine Lumber Company, and the former Doris Rita "DeeDee" Drost (1921-2010); she is interred at Dutch Cove Cemetery in Calcasieu Parish. His siblings are Janie Stine LaCroix, a sculptor, and her husband, Shelby Hathaway LaCroix, II; Dick Stine and wife, Mary, of Lake Charles; Gary Stine and wife, Vickie, of Sulphur; Jay Stine and wife, Wanda, of DeRidder in Beauregard Parish; Dennis Neal Stine and wife, Marla, of Lake Charles, and David Stine and wife, Kim, also of Lake Charles.^[5]

As did his brother Dennis, Stine attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana and McNeese State University in Lake Charles.^[1] His mother was a member of the first class of then McNeese Junior College and was a cheerleader, secretary of the first graduating class, and the first class favorite. ^[5] Stine is an officer in the family-owned Stine, Inc., along with his five brothers.^[1]

Stine is a Roman Catholic, a member of Rotary International, and a long-term advocate for the cause of the disabled. Prior to his legislative years, Stine was from 1986 to 1988 a member of the Sulphur City Council. He did not seek a third term in the House in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 21, 1995; fellow Democrat, later Republican convert, Ronnie Johns, was handily elected to succeed Stine.^[6] The office of Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler lists Stine in August 2015 as a registered Democratic voter.^[7]

Stine and his wife, Jane Lynn, have three children, Jake, Amy, and Alice.^[1]

References

1. "Louisiana: Stine, Timothy D.", Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004, 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, New Jersey, 2003), p. 796
2. "Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives: Calcasieu Parish" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
3. "Raphael Anthony Coltrin". findagrave.com. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
4. "Election Results". Louisiana Secretary of State. October 1, 1988. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
5. "Doris Rita "DeeDee" Stine". findagrave.com. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
6. "Election Results". Louisiana Secretary of State. October 21, 1995. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
7. "Timothy Stine, October 1956". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved August 18, 2015.