Education
Gibson studied at Saintfield Secondary School and Shaftesbury House Tutorial College, before working as a farmer and becoming a member of the Orange Order.
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Simpson Gibson
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He joined the Democratic Unionist Party (Democratic Unionist Party) and was elected to Ards Borough Council in 1981. He held his seat until he stood down in 1997, serving as Mayor of Ards in 1987/88. At the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1982, Gibson was elected in North Down.
He contested Strangford at the 1983 United Kingdom general election, taking second place, with 30% of the votes cast.
In the mid-1990s, he served as Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Unionist Party. In August 2010, Gibson was appointed to the Northern Ireland Assembly as the replacement for Jim Shannon. He did not stand in the 2011 Assembly election in which the Democratic Unionist Party held three of its four seats, losing Gibson"s to the Ulster Unionist Party.
Membership
Orange Order; 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly. 1st Northern Ireland Assembly (1982)]
Gibson was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2015 New Year Honours for political service to the Democratic Unionist Party and services to the community in Northern Ireland.
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Democratic Unionist Party