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]

  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.