Sam Gardiner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Sam Gardiner

British politician

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1940

Place of Birth: Lurgan, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Sam Gardiner

  • Alderman Samuel Gardiner MBE JP (born 24 March 1940) is a former Unionist politician in Northern Ireland for the Ulster Unionist Party and was a MLA for Upper Bann. Gardiner was elected to Lurgan Borough Council (now Craigavon Borough Council) in 1963 and held office of mayor in that borough in 1968.
  • He was mayor of Craigavon 1982/3, 1988/9 and 2000/1. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum and was party whip in the same in 1996–1998.Gardiner was elected to the Assembly in 2003.
  • He served on the Environmental, Leisure Services and Public Services Liaison Committees and was the UUP spokesperson on environment.
  • As the oldest Northern Ireland Assembly member, Gardiner also served as Father of the House, a role which includes presiding over the election of a new Speaker of the Assembly.He was a former High Sheriff for County Armagh and was appointed as a justice of the peace.
  • He was also a member of the Orange Order, "deputy Sovereign Grand Master" of the Royal Black Institution and former chairman of Glenavon F.C..

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