Background
MacIver was the eldest son of Charles MacIver of Calderstone, Allerton near Liverpool, and his wife Mary Ann Morrison, daughter of D. Morrison of Glasgow.
MacIver was the eldest son of Charles MacIver of Calderstone, Allerton near Liverpool, and his wife Mary Ann Morrison, daughter of D. Morrison of Glasgow.
He was educated at the Royal Institution School, Liverpool. He was chairman of the Liverpool Steamship Owners Association and President of the American Chamber of Commerce. He was also a director of the Great Western Railway.
He was a major in the 11th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, an alderman and a Justice of the Peace for Liverpool.
He was also commodore of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club. He held the seat until 1885.
In 1898 he was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool Kirkdale and held the seat until his death aged 67 in 1907.
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In 1874 MacIver was elected Member of Parliament for Birkenhead.