Dan Gardner (politician)

Dan Gardner
Commissioner of the
Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries
In office
January 6, 2003 – April 7, 2008
GovernorTed Kulongoski
Preceded byJack Roberts
Succeeded byBrad Avakian
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
from the 13th district
In office
January 13, 1997 – January 12, 2003
Preceded byKate Brown
Succeeded byRobert Ackerman
Personal details
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionElectrician

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.[1] 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.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries Commissioners Administrative Overview". Oregon Blue Book. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Labor Commissioner Dan Gardner resigns to take DC Job". BlueOregon. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Labor Commissioner Dan Gardner resigns". The Oregonian. Retrieved 10 October 2014.