Cecil Calvert was a Northern Irish unionist politician, who was a long-serving councillor on

Lisburn City Council Lisburn City Council was the local authority for an area partly in County Antrim and partly in County Down in Northern Ireland. As of May 2015 it was merged with Castlereagh Borough Council as part of the reform of local government in Northern ...

Career

Calvert worked for the B Specials Constabulary and as a farmer before joining the

Democratic Unionist Party The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a Unionism in Ireland, unionist, Ulster loyalism, loyalist, British nationalist and national conservative political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 during the Troubles by Ian Paisley, who ...

(DUP).Cecil Calvert profile
DUP.org.uk; accessed 3 June 2016. In 1985, he was elected to

Lisburn Borough Council Lisburn City Council was the local authority for an area partly in County Antrim and partly in County Down in Northern Ireland. As of May 2015 it was merged with Castlereagh Borough Council as part of the reform of local government in Northern I ...

, representing Killultagh, County Antrim. He held his seat at each subsequent election, serving as Mayor of Lisburn in 2004 – 05. Calvert was elected to the

Northern Ireland Forum The Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue was a body set up in 1996 as part of a process of negotiations that eventually led to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. The forum was elected, with five members being elected for each List o ...

, representing Lagan Valley, but failed to take a seat at the

1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election The 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election took place on Thursday, 25 June 1998. This was the first election to the new devolved Northern Ireland Assembly. Six members from each of Northern Ireland's eighteen House of Commons of the United Kin ...

. Calvert carried a

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during a

St Patrick's Day Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (), is a religious and cultural holiday held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (), the foremost patron saint of Ireland. Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Chris ...

parade in Seattle in 2005.St Patrick's Day Parade, Seattle (2005)
seattletimes.nwsource.com; accessed 3 June 2016. In June 2007, Calvert resigned from the DUP, objecting to the party's decision to enter government with

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( ; ; ) is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The History of Sinn Féin, original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffit ...

. He subsequently joined

Traditional Unionist Voice The Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland. In common with all other Northern Irish unionist parties, the TUV's political programme has as its '' sine qua non'' the preservation of Northern Ireland's pl ...

(TUV) but resigned in March 2011.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Calvert, Cecil Living people Ulster Special Constabulary officers Farmers from Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party councillors Traditional Unionist Voice councillors Members of Lisburn City Council Mayors of places in Northern Ireland Members of the Northern Ireland Forum Year of birth missing (living people)