Andrew Arbuckle

Andrew Arbuckle
Member of the Scottish Parliament
for Mid Scotland and Fife
In office
2005–2007
Preceded byKeith Raffan
Succeeded byRichard Simpson
Personal details
Born (1944-04-12) 12 April 1944 (age 80)
Political partyScottish Liberal Democrats

Andrew Arbuckle (born 12 April 1944) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician, and a former Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region. He was a Fife councillor until 2012. He was first elected as a councillor in 1986.[1]

He replaced Keith Raffan at the Scottish Parliament after Raffan resigned in 2005.[2] Arbuckle failed to win re-election at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election.

Arbuckle was the farming editor for the Dundee Courier from 1985 to 2005. He and his brother John published three farming-related books.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Andrew Arbuckle announces retiral". Fife Today. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  2. ^ "New MSP takes up Holyrood place". BBC News. 12 January 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  3. ^ McLaren, Jennifer (26 December 2020). "ANDREW ARBUCKLE: Fife author whose books have raised over £70,000 for charity". The Courier. DC Thomson Media. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

External links

  • Scottish Parliament profiles of MSPs: Andrew Arbuckle
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Former Liberal Democrat MSPs
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  • Robert Brown
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  • Euan Robson
  • Mike Rumbles
  • Tavish Scott
  • Iain Smith
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  • David Steel
  • Nicol Stephen
  • Jamie Stone
  • Jim Wallace
  • 2003
  • Mike Pringle
  • Jeremy Purvis
  • 2005
  • Andrew Arbuckle
  • 2007
  • Jim Hume
  • Alison McInnes
  • Hugh O'Donnell
  • Jim Tolson


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