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.
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.