Vincent St. Blanc

Vincent John "Vinnie" St. Blanc, III​​​
Louisiana State Representative for District 50 (St. Martin and St. Mary parishes)​​​
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 13, 2020​​​
Preceded by	Sam Jones​​​
Mayor of Franklin, Louisiana
In office 2004–2004
Preceded by	Sam Jones
Succeeded by	Raymond Harris, Jr.
Born	​May 24, 1948 St. Mary Parish, Louisiana ​​​
Political party	Republican​​​
Spouse(s)	Karen Schexnaildre St. Blanc
Children	Vincent St. Blanc, IV Parents: Vincent, Jr., and Marie Cassagne St. Blanc​
Residence	Franklin, St. Mary Parish​
Alma mater	Hanson Memorial Roman Catholic High School University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Occupation	​​Businessman Former educator

Vincent John St. Blanc, III, known as Vinnie St. Blanc (born May 24, 1948​), is the District 50 Republican state representative for St. Martin and St. Mary parishes in south Louisiana. He was elected on October 12, 2019, to succeed the term-limited Democrat Sam Jones.^[1] With 7,760 votes (58 percent), he defeated a Democrat-turned-No Party contender, Raymond Harris, Jr., who polled 5,601 votes (42 percent).^[2]

St. Blanc is one of four sons, one deceased, of the former Marie Cassange (c. 1917-2009) and Vincent St. Blanc, Jr. (c. 1915-2004), of Charenton, a former state employee who served on the St. Mary Parish School Board. He was reared in Charenton.^[3]

St. Blanc, Jones, and Harris are all former mayors of Franklin, the St. Mary Parish seat of government. A former vocational education teacher, St. Blanc is the former owner of St. Mary Hardware and Gifts, Inc. He is currently the manager of Steward Building Materials in Franklin. From 2005 to 2017, St. Blanc was a member of the board of supervisors of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.^[4]

St. Blanc joins Democrats in choosing House Speaker[edit]

​ On January 13, 2020, his first day as a representative, St. Blanc was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers who voted for the Moderate Republican Clay Schexnayder of Ascension Parish, whose election as Speaker depended on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers, two Independents, and the Republican defectors. Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards made contacts on Schnexyader's behalf. Conservative radio commentator Moon Griffon called the twenty-three dissenters the Fraud Squad."^[5]

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