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David Calvert (born 1946) is a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. He worked as a director of a family shirt manufacturing company. He was a founder member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in County Armagh.〔''Times Guide to the House of Commons, May 1979'', p. 36〕 He was elected to Craigavon Borough Council in 1973,〔(The Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Craigavon ), Northern Ireland Elections〕 and held his seat until he stood down in 1989.〔(Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Craigavon ), Northern Ireland Elections; accessed 11 November 2015.〕 He stood for the party in Fermanagh and South Tyrone at the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention election in 1975, but was not elected.〔(Fermanagh and South Tyrone 1973-1982 ), Northern Ireland Elections; accessed 11 November 2015.〕 He then moved to Armagh, which he contested at the 1979 UK general election, but took only 8.6% of the vote.〔(Armagh 1973-1983 ), Northern Ireland Elections; accessed 11 November 2015.〕 In the early 1980s, Calvert was Deputy Chairman of the DUP,〔''Dod's parliamentary companion, Issue 164'', p. 557〕 and in the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1982, he won a seat.〔 In 1987, he was seriously injured in an assassination attempt on his life by the Irish National Liberation Army, but recovered fully.〔Coogan, Tim Pat, ''The IRA'', p. 357〕 He fell out with the DUP in 1993, in a dispute over candidate selection, and was expelled from the party.〔Gareth Gordon, "(Murmurs of 'betrayal' over power-sharing )", ''BBC News'', 8 December 2006〕 Calvert stood as an independent candidate in Craigavon at the 2001 local elections, and narrowly missed taking a seat. He stood again in 2005, without success.〔(Craigavon Borough Council Elections 1993-2005 ), Northern Ireland Elections〕 In 2006, he attended a meeting of critics of the Belfast Agreement, addressed by Robert McCartney of the UK Unionist Party,〔 but at the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 he stood as an independent again, this time in Upper Bann, taking 3.1% of the vote.〔(Upper Bann ), Northern Ireland Elections; accessed 11 November 2015.〕 Following the elections, Calvert joined Traditional Unionist Voice, and stood for the party in a by-election to Craigavon Borough Council in January 2010, taking a distant second place.〔"(Ulster Unionists win by-election )", ''Belfast Telegraph'', 14 January 2010.〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Calvert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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