Joseph Reuben Gardiner (1879 – 5 February 1941) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Bristol to Charles Henry Gardiner and Marie Kate Ponting. He migrated to New South Wales around 1883 and became a bootmaker, eventually establishing a boot manufacturing firm. He married Rachel Harris, with whom he had a daughter. He acquired property in

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, notably in

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where he built the Plaza Hotel. From 1934 to 1937 he was an independent member of the

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. Gardiner died in Randwick in 1941.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gardiner, Joseph 1879 births 1941 deaths Independent members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council