Frank Millar (politician, born 1925)

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

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 & Wolff shipyard.^[1]

Millar's son, Frank Millar Jr, was also an Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member.^[2]