David Ervine

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Ervine
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jul 21, 1953(1953-07-21)
Age	71
Date Of Death	2007-01-08
Birthplace	Belfast
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Northern Ireland
Horoscope	Cancer

David Ervine Biography

David Ervine is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on July 21, 1953 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. In 1998, the future president in the Progressive Unionist Party began serving the Belfast East constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. He was elected in 1994 and assisted to organize the country’s ceasefire between loyalists.

Ervine’s co-worker and Northern Ireland Assembly member, Ervine’s fellow Northern Ireland Assembly member, Tom Elliott, led the Northern Irish Ulster Unionist Party in the early 2000s., was the leader of Ervine’s fellow Northern Ireland Assembly member, Tom Elliott, led the Northern Irish Ulster Unionist Party in the early 2000s.’s Northern Irish Ulster Unionist Party in the early 2000s.

Ervine was arrested in November 1974, while an active member of the UVF. He was driving a stolen car containing five pounds of commercial explosives, a detonator and fuse wire. After 7 months on remand in Crumlin Road Gaol he was found guilty of possession of explosives with intent to endanger life. He was sentenced to 11 years and imprisoned in The Maze.

Ervine was released from prison in 1980. He owned a newsagents’ in Belfast for several years before taking up full-time politics. He stood in local council elections as a Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) candidate in 1985. In 1998, he was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly to represent Belfast East and was re-elected in 2003. He was also a member of Belfast City Council from 1997.

Five children were who were the children of Elizabeth Ervine and Walter Ervine, he was born into a Protestant family within Belfast, Northern Ireland. His union with Jeanette Cunningham produced sons named Mark and Owen.

David Ervine Net Worth

David Ervine is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Ervine 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He quit high school at the age 14 and was later detained for his part of the Ulster Volunteer Force bombing plot. While being in prison, he began to think about the future of his life. He concluded that change can be achieved more efficiently through political activism than violence.

He passed away in his early fiftys after suffering an heart attack, brain hemorrhage, as well as stroke.

David Ervine (21 July 1953 – 8 January 2007) was a Northern Irish Unionist politician from Belfast and the leader of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP). During his youth Ervine was a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and was imprisoned for possessing bomb-making equipment. Whilst in jail he became convinced of the benefits of a more political approach for Ulster loyalism and became involved with the PUP. As a leading PUP figure, Ervine helped to deliver the loyalist ceasefire of 1994.

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Who is David Ervine Dating?

According to our records, David Ervine married to Jeanette Cunningham. As of December 1, 2023, David Ervine’s is not dating anyone.

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The IMC again recommended financial sanctions against him and the PUP in its special report of September 2005 on the violent feud that erupted between the UVF and the Loyalist Volunteer Force that summer in which a number of murders and attempted murders had been committed. It argued that the PUP leadership was still in a position to significantly influence the UVF and as such, the party could not have it both ways by associating with an active paramilitary organisation and not face any political consequences.

Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. David Ervine celebrates birthday on July 21 of every year.

On 11 September 2006 Ms Bell announced that the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly Group did not have a headquarters, at least one party leader and a scheme for financial support; thus it did not qualify as a political party. This meant that the UUPAG could not sit in the Assembly, so the alliance was deemed as invalid.

Is Linda Ervine related to David Ervine?

She is the sister-in-law of David Ervine, a former member of the loyalist paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force and later political thinker who led the Progressive Unionist Party. Her husband Brian Ervine also led that party.

Is David Ervine still alive?

January 8, 2007

What age was David Ervine when he died?

53 years (1953–2007)