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Hugh John Simpson Gibson MBE (born 10 August 1946) is a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Gibson studied at Saintfield Secondary School and Shaftesbury House Tutorial College, before working as a farmer and becoming a member of the Orange Order.〔''The Times Guide to the House of Commons, June 1983''〕 He joined the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and was elected to Ards Borough Council in 1981.〔(The Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Ards ), Northern Ireland Elections〕 He held his seat until he stood down in 1997,〔(Ards Borough Council Elections, 1993-2005 ), Northern Ireland Elections〕 serving as Mayor of Ards in 1987/88. At the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1982, Gibson was elected in North Down.〔(North Down 1973-1982 ), Northern Ireland Elections〕 He contested Strangford at the 1983 UK general election, taking second place, with 30% of the votes cast.〔(Strangford ), Northern Ireland Elections〕 In the mid-1990s, he served as Vice-Chairman of the DUP.〔''Dod's Parliamentary Companion'' (1996), p.778〕 In August 2010, Gibson was appointed to the Northern Ireland Assembly as the replacement for Jim Shannon.〔(Membership of the Northern Ireland Assembly ), Northern Ireland Assembly〕 He did not stand in the 2011 Assembly election in which the DUP held three of its four seats, losing Gibson's to the Ulster Unionist Party. Gibson was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for political service to the DUP and services to the community in Northern Ireland.〔(2015 New Year Honours List )〕 ==References== 〔 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「Simpson Gibson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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