What is Sam Gardiner?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = | alma_mater = | party = [[Ulster Unionist Party]] | otherparty = | spouse = Elizabeth Gardiner | relations = | children = Clive <br> Keith | residence = Lurgan, [[County Armagh]] | occupation = | birthname = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20061009074331/http://www.uup.org/welcome_representatives_samgardiner_frame.htm Gardiner UUP] | nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]] | restingplace = | name = Sam Gardiner | assembly = Northern Ireland | honorific-suffix = [[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]], [[Justice of the peace|JP]] | image = Sam Gardiner.jpg | imagesize = 175px | alt = | caption = | constituency_AM = [[Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)|Upper Bann]] | majority = | death_place = | term_start = 26 November 2003 | term_end = 30 March 2016 | predecessor = [[George Savage (politician)|George Savage]] | successor = [[Doug Beattie]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|3|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Lurgan]], [[County Armagh]], [[Northern Ireland]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|8|1940|3|24|df=yes}} | footnotes = }} [[Alderman]] '''Samuel Gardiner''' [[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]] [[Justice of the peace|JP]] (24 March 1940 – 8 November 2022) was a Unionist politician in [[Northern Ireland]] for the [[Ulster Unionist Party]] and was a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] for [[Upper Bann]]. Gardiner died on 8 November 2022, at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McKenna |first1=Michael |title=Former Craigavon Mayor and Upper Bann MLA Sammy Gardiner