Adam Hunter (11 November 1908 – 9 April 1991) was a British Labour Party politician. Hunter was a miner and a Scottish executive member of the National Union of Mineworkers. He was elected a councillor on

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. He served as chairman of West Fife

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and secretary of Fife

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Association for many years. Hunter was

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for Dunfermline Burghs from 1964 to 1974, and then (after boundary changes) for

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until 1979, preceding

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References

*''Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974'' *

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* 1908 births 1991 deaths Scottish Labour MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Fife constituencies National Union of Mineworkers-sponsored MPs Councillors in Fife UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 Scottish Labour councillors {{Scotland-Labour-UK-MP-stub