Dan Gardner (politician)
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dan Gardner
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| office = Commissioner of the
Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries
| term_start = January 6, 2003
| term_end = April 7, 2008
| governor = Ted Kulongoski
| predecessor = Jack Roberts
| successor = Brad Avakian
| state_house2 = Oregon
| district2 = 13th
|termstart2= January 13, 1997
|termend2= January 12, 2003
|predecessor2=Kate Brown
|successor2= Robert Ackerman
|birth_date= {{birth year and age|1958}}
|birth_place=
|death_date=
|death_place=
|party= Democratic
|profession= Electrician
|religion=
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Dan Gardner (born 1958) is an American politician from the State of Oregon. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries from 2003 to 2008.{{cite web|title=Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries Commissioners Administrative Overview |url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/7589733|publisher=Oregon Blue Book|accessdate=10 October 2010}} An electrician by profession, he was elected Commissioner of Labor and Industries in 2002 and reelected in 2006. He resigned in 2008 to take a job with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Washington, D.C.{{cite web|title=Labor Commissioner Dan Gardner resigns to take DC Job|url=http://www.blueoregon.com/2008/03/labor-commissio/|publisher=BlueOregon|accessdate=10 October 2014}}{{cite news|title=Labor Commissioner Dan Gardner resigns|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2008/03/labor_commissioner_dan_gardner.html|newspaper=The Oregonian|accessdate=10 October 2014}}
Personal background
Gardner worked as an electrician for 28 years. Prior to entering politics, he was active as a union leader.
Political career
Gardner entered politics by running for and winning a seat in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1996. He represented the 13th District until 2002. He served in the Democratic leadership as Assistant Democratic Leader and House Leader.{{cite news|title=Labor Commissioner Dan Gardner resigns|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2008/03/labor_commissioner_dan_gardner.html|newspaper=The Oregonian|accessdate=10 October 2014}}
In 2002, Gardner ran for and won the nonpartisan office of Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries. He was reelected without opposition in 2006.{{cite news|title=Labor Commissioner Dan Gardner resigns|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2008/03/labor_commissioner_dan_gardner.html|newspaper=The Oregonian|accessdate=10 October 2014}}
In 2008, Gardner considered running for Congress in Oregon's 5th congressional district, but chose not to run.{{cite news|title=Gardner elects not to run for Hooley's Congressional seat|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2008/02/gardner_elects_not_to_run_for.html|newspaper=The Oregonian|accessdate=10 October 2014}} Instead, he took a position as a lobbyist for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Washington, D.C. He announced his resignation as Commissioner of Labor and Industries in March 2008 and left office on April 7. Governor Ted Kulongoski appointed Brad Avakian to replace him.{{cite news|title=Avakian set to replace Gardner as labor commissioner|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2008/03/avakian_to_replace_gardner_as.html|newspaper=The Oregonian|accessdate=10 October 2014}}
See also
External links
- [http://www.boli.state.or.us/BOLI/about_us.shtml Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries]
- {{cite web | title = Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries – Administrative Overview
| work = Oregon Blue Book (Online) | publisher = Salem, Oregon: Oregon Secretary of State | year = 2009 | url = http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/7589733
| accessdate = July 19, 2012}}
References
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Oregon House of Representatives
Category:21st-century members of the Oregon Legislative Assembly