She held her position until 1953 when she lost to another woman, Mrs. Dorothy H. Howley, (D) in a close race. Running again in 1959, she defeated yet another woman, Hazel L. Dilley. She was then defeated in 1965 by Louise Brown, (D).
In 1969, she ran for city wide office of justice of the peace but didn’t get her party’s nod in the primary.
Orres was born in Johnstown, PA in 1905, coming here with her mother and father who transferred with the National Radiator company in 1919. Margaret attended New Castle Business College, was employed as a stenographer for 15 years, served as secretary of the Lawrence County Minor Judiciary, and also served as a legislative committee member for the Pennsylvania Magistrates Association. She died February 18, 1982