Please answer the following question: Facts: - residence: colfax , grant parish louisiana , usa - preceded: billy chandler - party: independent - spouse: lou altazan brown -lrb- married c. 1988 -rrb- - office: louisiana la salle , natchitoches , red river , and winn state parishes -rrb- representative from district 22 -lrb- grant , - children: ann-elizabeth brown - term start: january 2012 - birth date: august 20 , 1946 - name: terry ralph brown - occupation: retired state employee - parents: ralph edison and june hafer brown - birth place: place of birth missing - religion: united methodist - alma mater: northwestern state university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of terry brown -lrb- louisiana politician -rrb- .
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terry ralph brown -lrb- born august 20 , 1946 -rrb- , a retired employee in the real estate division of the louisiana department of transportation and development , is one of two current independent members of the louisiana house of representatives .a resident of colfax in grant parish , brown claimed the reconfigured district 22 seat in north louisiana by unseating in the general election held on november 19 , 2011 the democrat-turned-republican incumbent billy chandler of dry prong , also in grant parish .