Cecil Harvey | |
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Member of Down District Council | |
In office 20 May 1981 – 15 May 1985 | |
Preceded by | William Finlay |
Succeeded by | District abolished |
Constituency | Down Area A |
Member of the Constitutional Convention for South Down | |
In office 1975–1976 | |
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Down | |
In office 1973–1974 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Crossgar, County Down, Northern Ireland |
Died | 1985 |
Political party |
DUP (from 1983) United Ulster Unionist Party (1975 - 1983) |
Other political affiliations |
Vanguard (1973 - 1975) Ulster Unionist (before 1973) |
Cecil Harvey (died 1985 [1]) was a Northern Irish unionist politician and Church elder.
Harvey was a founding elder of Ian Paisley's Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, in 1951. The following year, he suggested the congregation's move from Crossgar to Whiteabbey. [2] He was also active in the Orange Order [3] and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and was elected as a councillor. [4] He became disillusioned with the UUP as it came to support the idea of power-sharing, and joined the rival Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party. [4] Under this banner, he was elected from South Down to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973, where he was the party's chief whip, [5] then the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention. [6]
In 1974, Harvey argued for the Orange Order to pay compensation to loyalists interned around the Ulster Workers' Council strike. [3] By 1975, Harvey was calling for the Order to found an entirely new united unionist party; this was moved by Robert Overend but was defeated. [7] Undeterred, Harvey became a founder member of the United Ulster Unionist Party, becoming the party chairman, [8] and remaining loyal until its collapse in 1984. He then joined the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), [4] for which he stood unsuccessfully in South Down at the 1983 general election. [9]
Cecil's son, Harry, later became a DUP politician. [10]
Cecil Harvey | |
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Member of Down District Council | |
In office 20 May 1981 – 15 May 1985 | |
Preceded by | William Finlay |
Succeeded by | District abolished |
Constituency | Down Area A |
Member of the Constitutional Convention for South Down | |
In office 1975–1976 | |
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Down | |
In office 1973–1974 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Crossgar, County Down, Northern Ireland |
Died | 1985 |
Political party |
DUP (from 1983) United Ulster Unionist Party (1975 - 1983) |
Other political affiliations |
Vanguard (1973 - 1975) Ulster Unionist (before 1973) |
Cecil Harvey (died 1985 [1]) was a Northern Irish unionist politician and Church elder.
Harvey was a founding elder of Ian Paisley's Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, in 1951. The following year, he suggested the congregation's move from Crossgar to Whiteabbey. [2] He was also active in the Orange Order [3] and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and was elected as a councillor. [4] He became disillusioned with the UUP as it came to support the idea of power-sharing, and joined the rival Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party. [4] Under this banner, he was elected from South Down to the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973, where he was the party's chief whip, [5] then the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention. [6]
In 1974, Harvey argued for the Orange Order to pay compensation to loyalists interned around the Ulster Workers' Council strike. [3] By 1975, Harvey was calling for the Order to found an entirely new united unionist party; this was moved by Robert Overend but was defeated. [7] Undeterred, Harvey became a founder member of the United Ulster Unionist Party, becoming the party chairman, [8] and remaining loyal until its collapse in 1984. He then joined the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), [4] for which he stood unsuccessfully in South Down at the 1983 general election. [9]
Cecil's son, Harry, later became a DUP politician. [10]