Liam McArthur is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Orkney. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The Scottish Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties within the federal structure of the British Liberal Democrats; the others being the English Member of the Scottish Parliament ( MSP) ( Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ( BPA) in Gaelic) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected Orkney is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood) He was elected in the 2007 Parliament election to replace the retiring Jim Wallace, also a Liberal Democrat. The 2007 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect members to the Scottish Parliament For other uses see James Wallace. James Robert Wallace Baron Wallace of Tankerness PC QC (born 25 August
He was brought up on the Orkney Island of Sanday
McArthur had previously worked as as an aide to Wallace in the House of Commons and as Special Adviser to the Deputy First Minister in 2002. Orkney (also known as the Orkney Islands or incorrectly the Orkneys) is an Archipelago in northern Scotland, situated 10 miles (16 km north Sanday is one of the inhabited islands in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland.
He is married to Tamsin and they have two sons, Calum and Tom.
Liam McArthur's Website can be found here.
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| Preceded by Jim Wallace |
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Orkney 2007 – present |
Incumbent |