Dixie Gilmore

John Smiley Dixon "Dixie" Gilmore OBE (died 29 May 1997) was Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1987 to 1988 having previously been Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast.^[1] He was made a 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. http://minutes.belfastcity.gov.uk/Data/Council/19970602/Minutes/$Minutes.doc.pdf.. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
^ Belfast Forum

External links

Picture of Gilmore as Lord Mayor in 1987

Political offices
Preceded by Sammy Wilson	Lord Mayor of Belfast 1987– 88	Succeeded by Nigel Dodds

Persondata
Name	Gilmore, Dixie
Alternative names
Short description	Lord Mayor of Belfast
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	29 May 1997
Place of death