Wayne McMahen | |
Constituency: | Bossier Parish and Webster Parish |
Country: | United States of America |
District: | tenth |
Education: | Louisiana Tech University (BS), Louisiana State University (DVM) |
Profession: | Retired veterinarian |
State House: | Louisiana |
Term Start: | August 1, 2018 |
Predecessor: | Gene Reynolds |
Party: | Republican |
Wayne McMahen, is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and represents district 10, covering parts of Bossier Parish and Webster Parish since 2018.[1]
Wayne McMahen is a politician and retired vetrenarian from Springhill, Louisiana. He became a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at Louisiana State University.[2] He took over his fathers business, the McMahen Veterinary Hospital in Springhill, before being elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 2018 and retiring.[3]
McMahen has been on the board of directors for several organizations, including Citizens National Bank and the Springhill Medical Center.[4] [5]
McMahen ran unopposed for the District 10 seat in 2018, after Gene Reynolds resigned.[6]
In 2022 McMahen authored a bill to make resisting an officer a violent crime. The bill was passed and then vetoed by Governor John Bel Edwards.[7]