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.

For the lawn bowler, see Sam Gardiner (bowls).

Sam Gardiner

MBE, JP
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for Upper Bann
In office
26 November 2003 – 30 March 2016
Preceded byGeorge Savage
Succeeded byDoug Beattie
Personal details
Born (1940-03-24) 24 March 1940
Lurgan, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Gardiner
ChildrenClive
Keith
ResidenceLurgan, County Armagh
WebsiteGardiner UUP

Gardiner was elected to Lurgan Borough Council (now Craigavon Borough Council) in 1963 and held office of mayor in that borough in 1968.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

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..

References
  1. "Biography - Sam Gardiner". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  2. "Biography - Sam Gardiner". Web.archive.org. 5 May 2007. Archived from the original on 5 May 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  3. "The ITV Hub - The home of ITV". U.tv. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
Civic offices
Unknown Mayor of Lurgan
1968–1969		 Unknown
Preceded by
Mary Simpson		 Mayor of Craigavon
1982–1983		 Succeeded by
James Gillespie
Preceded by
Sydney Cairns		 Mayor of Craigavon
1988–1989		 Succeeded by
James McCammick
Preceded by
Fred Crowe		 Mayor of Craigavon
2001–2002		 Succeeded by
Jonathan Bell
Northern Ireland Forum
New forum Member for Upper Bann
1996–1998		 Forum dissolved
Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by
George Savage		 MLA for Upper Bann
2003–2016		 Succeeded by
Doug Beattie


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