Fred Henry Mills Jr. | |
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Louisiana State Senator for District 22 (Iberia and St. Martin parishes) | |
Assumed office January 24, 2011 |
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Preceded by | Troy Hebert |
Louisiana State Representative for District 46 (St. Martin Parish) | |
In office January 14, 2008 – January 24, 2011 |
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Preceded by | Sydnie Mae Maraist Durand |
Succeeded by | Mike "Pete" Huval |
Personal details | |
Born | January 13, 1955 |
Political party | Democratic-turned-Republican Party (December 2010) |
Spouse(s) | Deborah K. Mills |
Occupation | Pharmacist; Banker |
Fred Henry Mills Jr. (born January 13, 1955) is a pharmacist and banker from Parks, Louisiana who is a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate, having won a special election on January 22, 2011, for the District 22 seat for Iberia and St. Martin parishes, vacated in 2010 by the Independent Troy Hebert of Jeanerette.
Mills had since 2008 represented District 46 in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
He is closely allied with his lifelong friend Scott Angelle, a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2015.
Mills holds a degree in pharmacy from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He is the owner in St. Martin Parish of Mills Cashway Pharmacy in Parks and the president and chief executive officer of Farmers-Merchants Bank and Trust Co. of Breaux Bridge. Farmers-Merchants, originally established in 1932, also has a branch at 1525 Ambassador Caffery Parkway in Lafayette.