Rudolf Tanahe Bambridge (28 February 1926 - 1982) was a French Polynesian lawyer and politician, who led the anti-independence Tahitian Union during the 1950s and 1960s.
[1] After studying law in France he worked as a defence lawyer in Papeete.
[1] At the behest of his father he became involved in politics to oppose the pro-independence Democratic Rally of the Tahitian People (RDPT).
[1][3] He campaigned against independence in the 1958 French Polynesian constitutional referendum, and served as prosecutor in Oopa's subsequent arson trial.
[5] He resigned his seat in the Assembly in March 1969 to take up a position on the French Economic and Social Council.