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 Name: Mr Samuel Gardiner
Party: Ulster Unionist Party
Constituency: Upper Bann
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Place and Date of Birth: Lurgan.
24.03.40
Married: Yes.
Family: 2 Sons
Education:

Lurgan Model Primary School.
Lurgan Technical School.
Occupation and brief
outline of career:

Politician.
Northern Ireland Electricity Service Manager - Lurgan.
Northern Ireland Electricity Area Credit Controller - Craigavon Area.

Brief outline of public/
political career: 		1963 Elected to Lurgan Borough Council - Elected Mayor in 1968.
At present Alderman of Craigavon Borough Council and have served as Mayor on 3 separate occasions.
Former High Sheriff for County Armagh.
Appointed as a Justice of the Peace.
Other memberships/ interests/
achievements/awards:

Awarded MBE for Voluntary Service at Maze Prison and Chairman of Board of Visitors.
Chairman of Board of Governors Dixon Primary School Lurgan.
Chairman of Board of Governors Carrick Primary School Lurgan.
Past President and life member of Waringstown Cricket Club.
Director of Glenavon Football Club.
Founder Chairman and Director of Craigavon Industrial Development Organisation.
Former bell-ringer, Member of Vestry and Glebe Warden of Shankill Parish Church.
Founder President of Craigavon Chorale.
Former board memner of NIHE.
Former member of Southern Area Health Council.

Interests:
Gardening and koi carp fish.