Frank Millar (1925 – 13 May 2001) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.
Frank Millar | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast | |
| In office 1992–1993 | |
| In office 1981–1982 | |
| Member of Belfast City Council | |
| In office 15 May 1985 – 19 May 1993 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | David Browne |
| Constituency | Castle |
| In office 30 May 1973 – 15 May 1985 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Constituency | Belfast Area H |
| In office 1972 – 30 May 1973 | |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Constituency | Belfast Dock |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Belfast | |
| In office 20 October 1982 – 1986 | |
| In office 1973–1974 | |
| Member of the Constitutional Convention for North Belfast | |
| In office 1975–1976 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1925 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 13 May 2001 |
| Political party | Independent Unionist (from 1975) Ulster Unionist (until 1975) |
| Other political affiliations | Ulster Protestant Action (1956 - 1966) |
Background edit
Millar worked in the shipyards, where he became a shop steward, before becoming a founder member of Ulster Protestant Action in 1956.[1]
Millar was first elected to Belfast City Council in 1972, representing Dock,[2] then the Antrim and Shore Road areas. He held his seat at each subsequent election until retiring in 1993. He was Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1981-2 and 1992-3.[1]
Millar was also elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1973 for Belfast North as an Ulster Unionist Party anti-Sunningdale Agreement candidate. He held his seat on the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention in 1975 as an independent Unionist, and for the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly.[1]
In 1986, Millar was fined £100 for describing supporters of Cliftonville F.C. as "Republican bastards". Two years later, he called for Irish Travellers to be "incinerated",[2] while in 1989, he was fined £50 for punching Democratic Unionist Party councillor Sammy Wilson.[1] He also faced criticism for describing Nelson Mandela as a "black Provo", and gay people as "deviants".[2]
In the late 1980s, Millar campaigned against the privatisation of the Harland and Wolff shipyard.[1]
Millar's son, Frank Millar Jr, was also an Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member.[2]