Arthur Irvine

Sir Arthur James Irvine, QC PC (14 July 1909 – 15 December 1978) was a British barrister and politician. He was the Labour MP for Liverpool Edge Hill from the 1947 by-election until he died aged 69.[1]

For the Australian footballer, see Arthur Irvine (footballer).

Irvine was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Oriel College, Oxford, where he was president of the Oxford Union in the Hilary Term 1932. He became a barrister in 1935, when he was called by Middle Temple, and became secretary to the Lord Chief Justice 1935–40. He became Queen's Counsel in 1958 [2] and recorder of Colchester in 1965.[3] In 1937, Irvine stood as a Liberal candidate at Bethnal Green North East in the London County Council elections.

In his first two unsuccessful parliamentary contests in Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire in 1935 and 1939, Irvine was a Liberal Party candidate, but later joined the Labour Party. After two further election defeats in Twickenham in 1945 and Aberdeen South in 1946, he was eventually elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Edge Hill at the 1947 by-election. He was deselected by his local party in 1977.[4][5]

Irvine became Solicitor General for England and Wales in 1967, when he was knighted and served till 1970. He became a privy councillor in the New Years Honours 1970.

His son Michael Irvine served as Conservative MP for Ipswich between 1987 and 1992.

References
  1. "Sir Arthur Irvine". The Times (60502). 17 December 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. "No. 41362". The London Gazette. 15 April 1958. p. 2375.
  3. "No. 43566". The London Gazette. 2 February 1965. p. 1162.
  4. Seyd, Patrick. (1987). The rise and fall of the labour left. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan Education. ISBN 0333447476. OCLC 17952021.
  5. Shaw, Eric, 1949- (1988). Discipline and discord in the Labour Party : the politics of managerial control in the Labour Party, 1951-87. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 071902482X. OCLC 17412352.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Richard Clitherow		 Member of Parliament for Liverpool Edge Hill
1947–1979		 Succeeded by
David Alton
Legal offices
Preceded by
Dingle Foot		 Solicitor General for England and Wales
1967–1970		 Succeeded by
Geoffrey Howe


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