William Alexander McArthur
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William Alexander McArthur (1857-7 June 1923), was a British Liberal politician.
McArthur was elected to Parliament for Buckrose at the 1886 general election, with a majority of a single vote, but was unseated on a scrutiny being held and the seat was awarded to the Conservative candidate, Christopher Sykes. He entered Parliament for St Austell in a 1887 by-election, a seat he held until 1908. He served in the Liberal administrations of William Gladstone and the Earl of Rosebery as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1892 to 1895.
McArthur died in June 1923.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by William Copeland Borlase |
Member of Parliament for St Austell 1887–1908 |
Succeeded by Thomas Agar-Robartes |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Sidney Herbert William Walrond Sir Herbert Maxwell |
Junior Lord of the Treasury with T. E. Ellis Richard Causton 1892–1895 |
Succeeded by Henry Torrens Anstruther William Hayes Fisher Lord Stanley |
