- Sam Gardiner
Infobox Politician | name=Sam Gardiner MLA
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term_start=2003
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birth_date=birth date and age|1940|3|24
birth_place=Lurgan ,Northern Ireland
constituency=Upper Bann
party=Ulster Unionist Party
office=MLA
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website= [http://www.uup.org/welcome_representatives_samgardiner_frame.htm Gardiner UUP]Alderman Samuel Gardiner MBE JP MLA (born 24 March 1940) is a Unionist politician inNorthern Ireland for theUlster Unionist Party who is an MLA for Upper BannGardiner was elected to Lurgan Borough Council (now
Craigavon Borough Council ) in 1963 and held office ofMayor in that borough in 1968Fact|date=May 2008. 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 1996-1998Fact|date=May 2008.Gardiner was elected to the Assembly in 2003. He serves on the Environmental, Leisure Services and Public Services Liaison Committees.
He is a former
High Sheriff forCounty Armagh and was appointed as a Justice of the Peace.He is Chairman of
Glenavon F.C. . [http://www.glenavonfc.com/]Gardiner is UUP Spokesperson on Environment.
External links
* [http://www.stratagem-ni.com/upperbannmlas.php Stratagem profile]
* [http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/biogs_03/gardiner_s.htm NI Assembly profile]
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