Archie Macdonald

Archibald James Florence "Archie" Macdonald (2 May 1904 – 20 April 1983) was a Scottish Liberal later Conservative politician and businessman.

In his business career, Macdonald was Joint Chief Executive of Management Research Groups, London between 1937–40, Secretary of the Paint Industry Export Group, 1940–47, Director and Secretary of the Wartime Paint Manufacturers' Association, 1943–45; Director of Robert Bowran & Co. Ltd, a paint manufacturers from 1949–53. and from 1956 he was Director of Joseph Freeman Sons & Co. Ltd. which later became Cementone, serving as vice-chairman from 1962–66.

Member of Parliament for Roxburgh and Selkirk.

He was elected as a councillor on the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead in London where he lived and was Liberal Group Leader from 1962–65. But he failed to get elected to the Greater London Council in 1964 or to the new London Borough of Camden. In the aftermath of the 1970 general election he left the Liberals and joined the Conservative Party, although he never completely felt comfortable in his new political skin. He was elected as a Camden councillor in 1971 and served until 1976 and he also served as a Justice of the Peace.

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