Ricky Templet

Who is Ricky Templet?

Ricky James Templet is a businessman in Gretna, Louisiana, and Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.

He did not seek a second term in the legislature. Instead, he was elected to the Jefferson Parish Council in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011. In District 1, he defeated fellow Republican Michael O'Brien, 8,712 to 5,591.

On April 7, 2001, and again in the spring of 2005, Templet was elected without opposition to the city council in Gretna, the seat of suburban Jefferson Parish. He was thereafter elected to House District 85 in 2007, when the long-term Republican incumbent Joseph F. Toomy was term-limited. To win the legislative seat, Templet handily defeated in a runoff election fellow Republican Billy Arnold, 6,687 to 2,410 votes. Templet served on the House committees on Ways and Means, Administration of Criminal Justice, and Judiciary and the Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay.

Templet owns and operates two food-catering businesses in Gretna. His family is certified to care for foster children.