district state_senate constituency predecessor successor religion birth_place party office birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name occupation
40th pennsylvania parts county of allegheny and butler counties part of allegheny melissa hart elaine farmer randy vulakovich mike turzai roman catholic pittsburgh , pennsylvania republican republican whip 18 september 1961 april 3 , 2001 mccandless township , pennsylvania jane orie
 may 21 , 2012 april 3 , 2001 jane clare orie attorney
jane orie

jane clare orie is a convicted felon , an american politician and member of the republican party who served in both houses of the pennsylvania general assembly .
while in the state senate , she represented the 40th district , including portions of allegheny county and butler county , and served as the majority whip .
orie is also a former member of the state house , where she represented the 28th district .
she resigned from the state senate in may 2012 , following her conviction on 14 counts of forgery , conflict of interest and theft of services , and served the minimum two-and-a half years of a two-and-a-half to ten year prison sentence .
she was disbarred by the pennsylvania supreme court on december 10 , 2014 .
