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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Canadian politician (1924–2013)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]<br />
| name = Garde Gardom<br />
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OBC|QC|size=100%}}<br />
| nationality = Canadian<br />
| image = GardeGardom.jpg<br />
| order = 26th<br />
| office = Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia<br />
| term_start = April 21, 1995<br />
| term_end = September 25, 2001<br />
| predecessor = [[David Lam (real estate entrepreneur)|David Lam]]<br />
| successor = [[Iona Campagnolo]]<br />
| monarch = [[Elizabeth II]]<br />
| governor_general = [[Roméo LeBlanc]]<br />[[Adrienne Clarkson]]<br />
| premier = [[Michael Harcourt]]<br />[[Glen Clark]]<br />[[Dan Miller (Canadian politician)|Dan Miller]]<br />[[Ujjal Dosanjh]]<br />[[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]]<br />
| assembly1 = British Columbia Legislative<br />
| constituency_AM1 = [[Vancouver-Point Grey]]<br />
| term_start1 = September 12, 1966<br />
| term_end1 = October 22, 1986<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Robert Bonner (politician)|Robert Bonner]]<br />[[Ralph Raymond Loffmark]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Kim Campbell]]<br />
| alongside1 = [[Patrick Lucey McGeer|Pat McGeer]]<br />
| birth_name = Garde Basil Gardom<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|7|17}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Banff, Alberta]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|6|19|1924|7|17}}<br />
| death_place = [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]<br />
| spouse = Theresa Helen Eileen Mackenzie<br />m. February 11, 1956<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of British Columbia]]<br />
| party = [[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]] (1975–?)<br />[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal Party]] (1966–1975)|<br />
}}<br />
'''Garde Basil Gardom,''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OBC|QC}} (July 17, 1924 – June 18, 2013) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician, lawyer, and the [[List of lieutenant governors of British Columbia#Lieutenant Governors of British Columbia, 1871-present|26th]] [[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Gardom was born in [[Banff, Alberta]] on July 17, 1924.<ref name="cpg">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l_8LAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Gardom,+Garde%22+1924 |title=The Canadian Who's who - Kieran Simpson - Google Books |access-date=June 20, 2013|last1=Simpson |first1=Kieran |year=1995 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=9780802046857 }}</ref> He grew up in the [[Fraser Valley]] of British Columbia, and attended secondary school in Vancouver.<ref name=CP>{{cite news|last=Drews|first=Keven|date=June 19, 2013|title=Longtime B.C. politician, former lieutenant governor Garde Gardom dies at 88|publisher=[[The Canadian Press]]}}</ref> He obtained his BA and LLB degrees from the [[University of British Columbia]]. During his undergraduate years, he played varsity basketball for the [[UBC Thunderbirds|Thunderbirds]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gardom|first1=Garde|title=Garde GARDOM Obituary|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/vancouversun/obituary.aspx?n=garde-gardom&pid=165580625&fhid=12346|website=Legacy.com|publisher=Vancouver Sun|access-date=June 8, 2014}}</ref> and was an active member of the BC Alpha chapter of the [[Phi Delta Theta]] fraternity.<ref name="cpg" /> He then practised law in [[Vancouver]].<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Gardom was elected to the [[Legislative Assembly]] of British Columbia in the constituency of [[Vancouver-Point Grey]] in the general elections of [[List of British Columbia general elections|1966]], [[List of British Columbia general elections|1969]], [[List of British Columbia general elections|1972]], [[List of British Columbia general elections|1975]], [[List of British Columbia general elections|1979]], and [[List of British Columbia general elections|1983]].<ref name="cpg" /> Originally a [[Liberal Party of British Columbia|Liberal]], he joined the [[Social Credit Party of British Columbia|Social Credit]] party in 1975 and was appointed to the cabinet of Premier [[Bill Bennett]] in 1975.<ref name="VancouverSun20130619" /> He held numerous ministerial positions including [[Attorney General of British Columbia|Attorney General]], Minister of Intergovernmental Relations, and was the longest-serving Government House Leader.<ref name="cpg" /><br />
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In 1987, Gardom was appointed the agent-general for British Columbia in London, England.<ref name="VancouverSun20130619" /> He served in that post until 1992.<ref name=CP /><br />
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===Lieutenant governor===<br />
In 1995, Gardom was appointed Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia by [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] [[Roméo LeBlanc]], on the advice of Prime Minister [[Jean Chrétien]]. He was the only non-[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] politician to be appointed as a Lieutenant Governor during Chrétien's term (although Gardom started out his career with the Liberals). He served until 2001. In 2002 he received the [[Order of British Columbia]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZxmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Gardom,+Garde%22+1924 |title=Who's who in the West: A Biographical Dictionary of Noteworthy Men and Women ... - Google Books |year=2004 |publisher=Marquis-Who's Who. |isbn=9780837909356 |access-date=June 20, 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
In 1956, Gardom married Helen Eileen Mackenzie. They had five children.<br />
Gardom was a very active contributor to the 4-H community.<ref name="cpg" /><br />
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==Death==<br />
Gardom died on June 18, 2013, aged 88.<ref name="VancouverSun20130619">{{Cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/metro/Former+lieutenant+governor+Garde+Gardom+dies/8548968/story.html|title=Garde Gardom recalled fondly as a 'happy warrior' with a terrific sense of humour|access-date=January 26, 2019|archive-date=October 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025171038/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Former+lieutenant+governor+Garde+Gardom+dies/8548968/story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/business/garde-gardom-former-lieutenant-governor-and-mla-dies-at-age-88-1.326108 |title=Garde Gardom, former lieutenant-governor and MLA, dies at age 88 - Business |date=June 19, 2013 |publisher=Times Colonist |access-date=June 20, 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Arms==<br />
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|escutcheon = Or an open book Argent bound Azure charged with a representation of the Mace of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in bend Or between a chief dancetty of five and in base three barrulets wavy Azure;<br />
|crest = Issuant from a coronet erablé Gules the rim encircled with a frieze of fleurs-de-lys Or an arm in armour embowed grasping a sword all Or;<br />
|supporters = On a grassy mound Vert set dexter and sinister with dogwood flowers Argent seeded Or and in base with Icelandic poppies proper dexter a stag Or unguled and attired and gorged with a collar Azure pendant therefrom a hurt charged with an ansul Or sinister a mare Or unguled and maned Azure gorged with a like collar charged with a stag’s head affronty Or;<br />
|motto = GARDEZ <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project-pic.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=665&ProjectElementID=2349|title=Gardom, Garde Basil [Individual]|website=The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General|date=November 12, 2020 }}</ref> }}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://archive.today/20130101024934/http://www.ltgov.bc.ca/ltgov/former/ltgov/GardeGardom.htm Garde Gardom on B.C. Government House website]<br />
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