William Alexander McArthur, was a British Liberal politician and businessman.
Background
McArthur was born in Sydney, Australia, the eldest son of Alexander McArthur and his wife Maria Bowden, the second daughter of the Review William B. Boyce. His father was a businessman and politician in Australia and England, becoming Member of Parliament for Leicester.
Education
He was educated privately.
Career
He became a merchant like his father. He was a Director of the Bank of Australasia. He was Mas Commissioner for New South Wales at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in 1886.
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 Street Austell in an 1887 by-election, a seat he held until 1908. He served in the Liberal administrations of William Ewart Gladstone and the Earl of Rosebery as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1892 to 1895.
McArthur died 7 June 1923 at a private hospital in Sydney, aged 66, and was interred 8 June at South Head Cemetery.
Membership
24th United Kingdom Parliament. 25th United Kingdom Parliament. 26th United Kingdom Parliament.
27th United Kingdom Parliament.
28th United Kingdom Parliament.