Simone B. Champagne
| Simone Becnel Champagne | |
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| Louisiana State Representative from District 49 (Iberia and Vermilion parishes) | |
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In office January 2008 – 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Troy Hebert |
| Succeeded by | Blake Miguez |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 27, 1954 Jeanerette, Iberia Parish Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic-turned-Republican Party (July 2010) |
| Spouse(s) | Gary Paul Champagne, Sr. |
| Children |
Five children, including |
| Occupation | Banker |
Five children, including
Simone Becnel Champagne (born December 27, 1954) is a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 49 (Iberia and Vermilion parishes) in south Louisiana.
She is a native of Jeanerette in Iberia Parish, where in 1971 she graduated from Jeanerette High School. Thereafter, she studied banking in continuing education programs.She resigned her House seat late in 2014 to accept appointment as the chief administrative officer in 2015 with the city of Youngsville near Lafayette.
From 2002 to 2007, Champagne was the chief administrative officer for the combined Iberia Parish and city of New Iberia government. She resigned to run for state representative and faced no opposition. The incumbent Democrat, later Independent, Troy Hebert, also of Jeanerette, vacated the seat because of term limits and instead was elected to the Louisiana State Senate. Champagne won her House race as a Democrat, but in July 2010, she switched party allegiance. Representative Champagne serves on the House committees on (1) Appropriations, (2) Municipal, Parochial and Cultural Affairs, (3) Natural Resources and Environment, (4) House Executive Committee, and (5) Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. She is a member of the Acadiana delegation, the Legislative Women's Caucus, the Republican legislative delegation, and the Louisiana Rural Caucus. In 2009, Champagne was rated 100 percent by the Louisiana Right to Life Federation and the conservative Louisiana Family Forum and 65 percent by the trade association, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.
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