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Oliver Gibson (born 28 June 1934 in Beragh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) is a founding member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). Gibson is a retired DUP councillor for West Tyrone.〔(Press Releases - Chairman says farewell ), Omagh District Council website〕 He also served as an MLA for West Tyrone in the first session of the Assembly. He is a former teacher and was an officer in the Ulster Defence Regiment. His niece Esther Gibson was one of the 29 victims killed in the 1998 Omagh bombing.〔(The Omagh Bomb - List of Those Killed ) ''CAIN Web Service''〕 In 1999, David Jordan, a former Ulster Defence Regiment soldier, broke down in a bar and claimed to be part of a patrol that killed nationalist councillor Patsy Kelly in 1974. Jordan also implicated Gibson in the murder. Jordan was never formally questioned in relation to the matter and no charges have been brought against Gibson.〔(Report in ''Impartial Reporter'' ), 8 November 2001; ("Former UDR man faces quiz on murder" ), ''Irish Independent'', 30 July 2003; (Judgement in the Matter of an Application by Teresa Kelly for Judicial Review to the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland ); "Lost Justice: Who killed Patsy Kelly?", broadcast on 27 November 2001, ITV.〕 In 2003, it emerged that Gibson was having an affair with his 35-year-old secretary Audrey McKenzie and was living with her in Ballybogy, County Antrim. His wife confirmed that he had left her and was no longer living in their Sixmilecross home. He retired as a councillor in Omagh District Council shortly afterwards.〔(Press Releases - Chairman says farewell ), Omagh District Council website〕 ==External links== * (Gibsons' NI Assembly biography ) * (Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland website ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oliver Gibson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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