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).Cecil Calvert profile, DUP.org.uk; accessed 3 June 2016. In 1985, he was elected to Lisburn Borough Council, representing Killultagh, County Antrim. He held his seat at each subsequent election,Local Government Elections 1985 – 1989: Lisburn, Northern Ireland Elections serving as Mayor of Lisburn in 2004 – 05.Ben Lowry and David Gordon, "Monitor plan for meeting dropped", Belfast Telegraph, 24 June 2004.
Calvert was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum, representing Lagan Valley, but failed to take a seat at the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election.Lagan Valley : Northern Ireland Elections (1998), ark.ac.uk; accessed 3 June 2016.
Calvert carried a Union Jack during a St Patrick's Day 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. He subsequently joined Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) but resigned in March 2011.
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