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About Orlando Bush
- Orlando Bush (December 25, 1849 – April 29, 1925) was a farmer, businessman and political figure in Ontario and Alberta.
- He represented Grenville in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1890 to 1898. He was born in Oxford Township, Grenville County, Canada West in 1849, the son of Henry Bush (1807-1894) and his wife Maria Stanley and a grandson of a United Empire Loyalist, ( and was educated in the local schools.
- In 1882, he married Ellen Mundle.
- He was a member of the township council for Oxford, serving as township reeve from 1886 to 1889 and warden for Leeds and Grenville Counties in 1888.
- Bush lived near Kemptville, where he sold produce and owned several cheese factories, until 1898 when he moved to Alberta.
- He farmed and ranched in Clover Bar district east of Strathcona.
- In 1903, he established a real estate, insurance and loan agency at Strathcona.
- Bush ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in 1904.
- He served on the Strathcona city council from 1908 to 1910 and was also a member of the local school board.
- In 1908, he married Henryetta Bower after the death of his first wife.
- Bush retired from farming in 1910 and from business in 1911.
- He served on Edmonton City Council in 1915 and 1917 after Strathcona amalgamated with Edmonton. He was a member of the Freemasons, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Loyal Orange Lodge.
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