Ian MacArthur (17 May 1925 – 30 November 2007) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Perth and East Perthshire from 1959 until 1974.

Early life

MacArthur was born on 17 May 1925. He was the younger son of Lieutenant-General Sir William MacArthur. He was educated at Cheltenham College and Queen's College, Oxford. He worked as an associate director of a marketing and advertising company.

Political career

MacArthur contested

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twice as a Unionist in 1955, in the

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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

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. In the House of Commons he was a

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1963–65, as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1963–64. He then became an opposition

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affairs spokesman.

Personal life

He married Judith Miller in 1957 and had 7 children, including Niall MacArthur, founder of

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References

*''Times Guide to the House of Commons'', 1966 and October 1974 *

External links

* 1925 births 2007 deaths People educated at Cheltenham College Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford Scottish Conservative Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964 {{Conservative-UK-MP-1920s-stub