| 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) |
Frank Millar (1925 – 13 May 2001) was a Northern Irish unionist politician.
Background
Millar worked in the shipyards, where he became a shop steward, before becoming a founder member of Ulster Protestant Action in 1956.
Millar was first elected to Belfast City Council in 1972, representing Dock, 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.
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.
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", while in 1989, he was fined £50 for punching Democratic Unionist Party councillor Sammy Wilson. He also faced criticism for describing Nelson Mandela as a "black Provo", and gay people as "deviants".
In the late 1980s, Millar campaigned against the privatisation of the Harland and Wolff shipyard.
Millar's son, Frank Millar Jr, was also an Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member.
References
- ^ "Councillor a legend in local government", Belfast Telegraph
- ^ "Millar faces cancer battle", Belfast Telegraph
| Northern Ireland Assembly (1973) | ||
|---|---|---|
| New assembly | Assembly Member for North Belfast 1973–1974 |
Assembly abolished |
| Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention | ||
| New convention | Member for North Belfast 1975–1976 |
Convention dissolved |
| Northern Ireland Assembly (1982) | ||
| New assembly | MPA for North Belfast 1982–1986 |
Assembly abolished |
| Civic offices | ||
| VacantTitle last held byDorothy Dunlop | Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast 1981–1982 |
Succeeded byTed Ashby |
| Preceded byHerbert Ditty | Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast 1992–1993 |
Succeeded byHugh Smyth |