Robert John "Bud" Orange (January 3, 1926 – May 6, 2007) was a politician, civil servant and economist from

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...

, Canada. He served briefly with the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm in 1945. Orange worked at the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Robert ran for election to the

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in the

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for the

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and defeated incumbent

Eugène Rhéaume Eugène "Gene" Rhéaume (December 3, 1932 – November 1, 2013) was a politician, insurance agent, and social worker from Northwest Territories, Canada. Life Born in High Prairie, Alberta, he was the eighth of nine children. Their father was ...

. He was re-elected in the

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and served a second full term in office before retiring from federal politics in 1972. Orange died in 2007 at the age of 81, and was buried in St. Stephen's Cemetery in Old Chelsea, Quebec.

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* 1926 births 2007 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from the Northwest Territories Liberal Party of Canada MPs {{NorthwestTerritories-stub