Cecil Calvert (politician) explained

Office:Member of
Lisburn City Council
Term Start:15 May 1985
Term End:5 May 2011
Predecessor:District created
Successor:John Palmer
Office1:Member of the Northern Ireland Forum
for Lagan Valley
Term Start1:30 May 1996
Term End1:25 April 1998
Party:Independent Unionist (from 2011)
Otherparty: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. He subsequently joined Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) but resigned in March 2011.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.dup.org.uk/MemberProfile.asp?MemberID=76 Cecil Calvert profile
  2. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lglisburn.htm Local Government Elections 1985 – 1989: Lisburn
  3. Ben Lowry and David Gordon, "Monitor plan for meeting dropped", Belfast Telegraph, 24 June 2004.
  4. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/alv.htm Lagan Valley : Northern Ireland Elections (1998)
  5. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002206210_stpaddy13m.html St Patrick's Day Parade, Seattle (2005)