{{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Gerard Diver | honorific_suffix = | image = Gerard Diver MLA Feb '16.jpg | alt = | caption = Diver in 2016 | image_size = 180x180px | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly<br/>for Foyle | assembly = Northern Ireland | majority = | term_start = 7 January 2016 | term_end = 30 March 2016 | predecessor = Pat Ramsey | successor = Eamon McCann | office1 = Member of Derry City and Strabane District Council | constituency1 = Waterside | term_start1 = 22 May 2014 | term_end1 = 7 January 2016 | predecessor1 = ''Council created'' | successor1 = Tina Gardiner | office2 = Member of Derry City Council | constituency2 = Waterside | term_start2 = 7 June 2001 | term_end2 = 22 May 2014 | predecessor2 = James Guy | successor2 = ''Council abolished'' | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|01|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = Derry, Northern Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | party = SDLP | occupation = Politician }}

'''Gerard Diver''' (born 1 January 1965)<ref>{{cite web|url = http://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/mlas/details.aspx?&aff=11291&per=5594&cid=6 | website = niassembly.gov.uk | publisher = Northern Ireland Assembly Commission | accessdate = 31 August 2018 | title = AIMS Portal / MLAs / Committee Details / Mr Gerard Diver }}</ref> is an Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Foyle between January and March 2016.

==Political career== Diver was first elected to Derry City Council in 2001, representing the DEA of Waterside in Derry. From 2008 to 2009, Diver served as Mayor of Derry.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.sdlp.ie/people/cllr-gerard-diver/ | publisher = SDLP | website = sdlp.ie | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052258/http://www.sdlp.ie/people/cllr-gerard-diver/ | archivedate = 4 March 2016 | title = People - Gerard Diver }}</ref> In 2014, after the boundary changes, Diver was re-elected onto the newly formed Derry City and Strabane District Council.{{citation needed|date= August 2018 }} In 2015, veteran SDLP MLA Pat Ramsey announced his retirement from the Northern Ireland Assembly; Diver was selected as his replacement and co-opted onto Ramsey's seat in early 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-35100115 | website = bbc.com | publisher= BBC | date = 15 December 2015 | accessdate = 31 August 2018 | title = SDLP: Diver to replace Ramsey as MLA and 'focus on job creation' }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Diver, Gerard}} Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:Northern Ireland MLAs 2011–2016 Category:Social Democratic and Labour Party MLAs Category:Mayors of Derry