- Frank Millar
:"See also
Frank Millar Jr for the journalist and former politician, andFrank Miller for similarly named people."Frank Millar (1925 -
13 May 2001 ) was a Northern Irish unionistpolitician .Millar worked in the
shipyard s, where he became ashop steward , before becoming a founder member ofUlster Protestant Action in 1956." [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/article1079623.ece Councillor a legend in local government] ", "Belfast Telegraph "]Millar was first elected to
Belfast City Council in 1972, representing Dock," [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/article823775.ece Millar faces cancer battle] ", "Belfast Telegraph "] then the Antrim and Shore Road areas. He held his seat at each subsequent election until retiring in 1993. He was DeputyLord Mayor of Belfast in 1981-2 and 1992-3.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 theNorthern Ireland Constitutional Convention in 1975 as anindependent Unionist , and for the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly.In 1986, Millar was fined £100 for describing supporters of
Cliftonville F.C. as "Republican bastards". Two years later, he called forIrish Traveller s to be "incinerated", while in 1989, he was fined £50 for punchingDemocratic Unionist Party councillorSammy Wilson . He also faced criticism for describingNelson Mandela as a "black Provo", and gay people as "deviants".In the late 1980s, Millar campaigned against the
privatisation of theHarland and Wolff shipyard.Millar's son,
Frank Millar Jr , was also an Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member.References
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