{{Short description|American politician (1925–2009)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Bud Canada |image = |caption = |state_senate = Arkansas |term_start = January 8, 1973 |term_end = January 8, 2001 |predecessor = Q. Byrum Hurst |successor = Terry Smith |constituency = {{ubl|15th district (1973–1993)|13th district (1993–2001)}} |office1=President pro tempore of the {{nowrap|Arkansas Senate}} |term_start1=January 9, 1989 |term_end1=January 14, 1991 |preceded1=Nick Wilson |succeeded1=Jerry Bookout |state_house2 = Arkansas |constituency2= {{nowrap|from Garland County}} |term_start2 = January 12, 1959 |term_end2 = January 14, 1963 |alongside2 = Ray S. Smith Jr. |predecessor2 = Dan Wolf |successor2 = Nathan L. Schoenfeld |birth_name = Eugene Thomas Canada |birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|06|06}} |birth_place = Hartshorne, Oklahoma, U.S. |death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|12|21|1925|06|06}} |death_place = {{nowrap|Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.}} |party = Democratic |spouse={{ubl|{{marriage|Sandy Leigh Baxter<br>|||reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|Patty Glazner Stovall|2001}}}} |education=University of Arkansas |branch=United States Army |battles={{tree list}} *Korean War {{tree list/end}} |mawards=Bronze Star Medal }}
'''Eugene Thomas''' "'''Bud'''" '''Canada''' (June 6, 1925 – December 21, 2009) was an American politician who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1959 to 1962 and in the Arkansas Senate from 1973 to 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://senate.arkansas.gov/?do%3AnewsDetail=1&news_id=206 |title=Senator Bud Canada Was a Leader in Tax Relief for Ordinary People |publisher=Arkansas.gov |date=2009-12-28 |access-date=2019-01-29}}</ref>
He died on December 21, 2009, in Hot Springs, Arkansas at age 84.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brantley |first=Max |url=https://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2009/12/21/bud-canada-dies-at-84 |title=Bud Canada dies at 84 |publisher=Arktimes.com |date=2009-12-21 |accessdate=2019-01-29}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{url|https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/eugene-bud-canada-12951/|Eugene "Bud" Canada}} at the ''Encyclopedia of Arkansas''
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