Charles MacArthur (politician)
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| name = Charles MacArthur
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|12|27}}
| birth_place = Inverness, Nova Scotia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|2|24|1920|12|27}}
| death_place = Inverness, Nova Scotia
| residence =
| term_start = 1993
| term_end = 1998
| predecessor = re-established riding
| successor = Charlie MacDonald
| office2 = MLA for Inverness North
| term_start2 = 1988
| term_end2 = 1993
| predecessor2 = Jim MacLean
| successor2 = riding dissolved
| party = Liberal
| religion =
| occupation =
}}
Charles MacArthur (December 27, 1920 – February 24, 2010) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Inverness North and Inverness in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1998. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/inverness.pdf|title=Electoral History for Inverness|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-04-02}}
Born in 1920 at Inverness, Nova Scotia, MacArthur was a municipal councillor for 18 years and served as Warden of Inverness County.{{cite news|title=Charlie MacArthur dies|work=Cape Breton Post|date=February 26, 2010}} He entered provincial politics in the 1988 election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Jim MacLean by 801 votes in the Inverness North riding.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1988 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1988 |page=97 |accessdate=2015-04-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225642/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201988.pdf |archivedate=2014-05-12 }} In 1993, MacArthur defeated Inverness South MLA Danny Graham for the Liberal nomination in the re-established Inverness riding, after their ridings were eliminated through redistribution.{{cite news|title=MacArthur defeats Crowdis|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=May 27, 1993}} In the 1993 election, MacArthur was re-elected, defeating his closest opponent by 2860 votes.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf |title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1993 |publisher=Elections Nova Scotia |year=1993 |page=114 |accessdate=2015-04-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070337/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201993.pdf |archivedate=2014-10-06 }} He did not reoffer in the 1998 election.{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998/03/09+180.raw+PE98Mar09+2|title=Businessman wins Grit nomination|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=March 9, 1998|accessdate=2015-04-23|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124012719/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1998%2F03%2F09+180.raw+PE98Mar09+2|archivedate=January 24, 2005|url-status=dead}} MacArthur died in Inverness on February 24, 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.1015thehawk.com/index.php/2010022510540/Local-News/former-area-mla-passes-away.html|title=Former area MLA passes away|publisher=101.5 FM The Hawk|date=February 25, 2010|accessdate=2015-04-23|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526162630/http://www.1015thehawk.com/index.php/2010022510540/Local-News/former-area-mla-passes-away.html|archivedate=May 26, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.1015thehawk.com/index.php/2010022711095/Local-News/family-friends-say-goodbye-to-macarthur.html|title=Family, friends say goodbye to MacArthur|publisher=101.5 FM The Hawk|date=February 27, 2010|accessdate=2015-04-23|archive-date=2017-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107025214/http://www.1015thehawk.com/index.php/2010022711095/Local-News/family-friends-say-goodbye-to-macarthur.html|url-status=dead}}