Ian MacArthur

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Ian MacArthur (17 May 1925 – 30 November 2007) was a British Conservative Party politician.

MacArthur was educated at Cheltenham College and Queen's College, Oxford. He worked as an associate director of a marketing and advertising company.

MacArthur contested Greenock twice in 1955, in the general election and a by-election. He was Member of Parliament for Perth and East Perthshire from 1959 until his defeat at the October 1974 general election, when he lost by 793 votes to Douglas Crawford of the Scottish National Party.

In the House of Commons he was a whip 1963-65, as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1963-64. He then became an opposition Scottish affairs spokesman.

He married Judith MacArthur and had 7 children; Niall MacArthur, Alex MacArthur, Duncan MacArthur, Ruaidhri MacArthur, Lucy MacArthur, Janie MacArthur, and Gavin MacArthur.

References

Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966 and October 1974
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Alan Gomme-Duncan	Member of Parliament for Perth & East Perthshire 1959 – October 1974	Succeeded by Douglas Crawford

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Name	Macarthur, Ian
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	17 May 1925
Place of birth
Date of death	30 November 2007
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