Cecil Calvert (politician)

Cecil Calvert
Member of
Lisburn City Council
In office
15 May 1985 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byJohn Palmer
ConstituencyKillultagh
Member of the Northern Ireland Forum
for Lagan Valley
In office
30 May 1996 – 25 April 1998
Personal details
Political partyIndependent Unionist (from 2011)
Other political
affiliations		TUV (2007 - 2011)
DUP (before 2007)

Cecil Calvert was a Northern Irish unionist politician, who was a long-serving councillor on Lisburn City Council.

Career

Calvert worked for the B Specials Constabulary and as a farmer before joining the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).[1] In 1985, he was elected to Lisburn Borough Council, representing Killultagh, County Antrim. He held his seat at each subsequent election,[2] serving as Mayor of Lisburn in 2004 – 05.[3]

Calvert was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum, representing Lagan Valley, but failed to take a seat at the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election.[4]

Calvert carried a Union Jack during a St Patrick's Day parade in Seattle in 2005.[5]

In June 2007, Calvert resigned from the DUP, objecting to the party's decision to enter government with Sinn Féin.[citation needed] He subsequently joined Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) but resigned in March 2011.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Cecil Calvert profile, DUP.org.uk; accessed 3 June 2016.
  2. ^ Local Government Elections 1985 – 1989: Lisburn, Northern Ireland Elections
  3. ^ Ben Lowry and David Gordon, "Monitor plan for meeting dropped", Belfast Telegraph, 24 June 2004.
  4. ^ Lagan Valley : Northern Ireland Elections (1998), ark.ac.uk; accessed 3 June 2016.
  5. ^ St Patrick's Day Parade, Seattle (2005), seattletimes.nwsource.com; accessed 3 June 2016.
Northern Ireland Forum
New forum Member for Lagan Valley
1996–1998 		Forum dissolved
Civic offices
Preceded by Mayor of Lisburn
2004–2005 		Succeeded by