William Arthur Lindsay

{{Short description|British politician}}

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|constituency_MP = Belfast South

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|term_start = 2 July 1917

|term_end = 14 December 1918

|predecessor = James Chambers

|successor = Constituency abolished
Thomas Moles (1922)

|birth_date = 1866

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|death_date = 1936

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William Arthur Lindsay (14 April 1866{{cite book |title=Admissions to Peterhouse [or S. Peter's College in the University of Cambridge: A Biographical Register; Being an Exact Transcription of the Entries in the College Admission Books] from 1615 to 1887 |date=1912 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=584 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EIUY67k4GiMC&dq=William+Arthur+Lindsay+%221866%22&pg=PA584 |access-date=9 November 2024 |language=en}}-1936{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=C. |last2=Jones |first2=P. |last3=Sinclair |first3=J. |last4=Weeks |first4=Jeffrey |title=Sources in British Political History 1900–1951: Volume 4: A Guide to the Private Papers of Members of Parliament: L–Z |date=20 April 1977 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-15762-4 |page=14 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6DuvCwAAQBAJ&dq=William+Arthur+Lindsay+%221936%22&pg=PA14 |access-date=9 November 2024 |language=en}}) was a British politician and Irish Unionist. He was the Member of Parliament for Belfast South between 1917 until 1918{{cite web |title=Mr William Lindsay (Hansard) |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-lindsay/index.html |website=api.parliament.uk}} when the seat was abolished. He then served as MP for Belfast Cromac between 1918 and 1922, until the seat was abolished. He was the only MP to ever represent that constituency. He was a member of the Irish Unionist Party and from 1921 the Ulster Unionist Party.