Deceased
Full Name:
Linda A. Orange
Gender:
Female
Birth Place:
Hartford, CT
Home City:
Colchester, CT
Attended, Respiratory Therapist Program, Hartford Hospital
Former Deputy Speaker, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Representative, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 48, 1996-2019
Candidate, Connecticut State House of Representatives, District 48, 2018
Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Member, General Law Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Member, Human Services Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Member, Legislative Management Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Member, Public Safety and Security Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Public Safety and Security Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on General Government A, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Regulation and Protection, Connecticut State House of Representatives
Former Justice of the Peace
Legislative Assistant, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1991-1995
Clerk, Public Health Committee, Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1993
Former Member, Board of Corporators, Backus Hospital
Former Member, Colchester Democratic Town Committee
Former Member, Colchester Democratic Women's Club
Former Honorary Member, Colchester Hayward Volunteer Fire Department
Former Major, Connecticut Civil Air Patrol, Legislative Wing
Former Associate Member, Connecticut National Guard
Former Member, East Haddam Historical Society
Member, Colchester Police Commission, 1993-1996
Chair/Member, Colchester Board of Assessment Appeals, 1992-1995
Awards:
Linda has received numerous awards and distinctions over the course of her legislative career including awards from the Connecticut Recreation and Parks Association, the Connecticut Academy of Physician Assistants, the Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen, UConn Advocates, the Middlesex County Medical Association, the New London County Medical Association, and the Connecticut State Society of Anesthesiologists. She has also been named to the Advisory Council of the Women's Legislative Network of the National Conference of State Legislatures.