| Bud Collier | |
| State Assembly: | California |
| District: | 61st |
| Term: | December 2, 1974 - November 30, 1978 |
| Preceded: | Henry Waxman |
| Succeeded: | Dick Mountjoy |
| State Assembly1: | California |
| District1: | 54th |
| Term1: | January 6, 1947 - November 30, 1974 |
| Preceded1: | Ralph A. Beal |
| Succeeded1: | Frank Vicencia |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1904 |
| Birth Place: | Wetumpka, Alabama |
| Death Place: | Montgomery, Alabama |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | South Pasadena, California |
| Alma Mater: | Occidental College |
| Battles: | World War II |
John L. E. "Bud" Collier (September 6, 1904 - October 2, 1996) was an American politician in the state of California. He served in the California State Assembly as a Republican from 1946 to 1978. Collier represented the 54th district from 1946 to 1972 and the 61st district from 1972 to 1978, when he was defeated in the Republican primary.[1]
Collier was born in Wetumpka, Alabama in 1904. He attended Occidental College and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1932.[2] During World War II he served in the United States Army as a combat intelligence officer.[3] Collier received military education at the Air Intelligence School in Pennsylvania and at the Prisoner of War Intelligence School in London, England.