Dixie Gilmore

John Smiley Dixon "Dixie" Gilmore OBE (died 29 May 1997) was Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1987–1988, having previously been Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast.^[1] He was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1989.^[1]

Gilmore was a member of the Ulster Unionist Party and had formerly served in the British Army in Malaysia where he met his wife Esme. He was a member of Belfast City Council from 1973–77 and then was Alderman for Laganbank from 1985–1993.^[1]

Gilmore was a shopkeeper by trade, owning a corner shop on Belfast's Cromwell Road in the University area.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Tribute to Former Lord Mayor, Alderman John S.D. (Dixie) Gilmore and death of former Councillor Daisy Preston". Annual meeting of Belfast City Council. 2 June 1997. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
^ Belfast Forum

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Civic offices
Preceded by Billy Dickson	Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast 1986–1987	Vacant Title next held by Reg Empey
Preceded by Sammy Wilson	Lord Mayor of Belfast 1987–1988	Succeeded by Nigel Dodds

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[tribute-1] "Tribute to Former Lord Mayor, Alderman John S.D. (Dixie) Gilmore and death of former Councillor Daisy Preston". Annual meeting of Belfast City Council. 2 June 1997. Retrieved 1 May 2011.

[2] Belfast Forum

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