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Arthur Cotton (9 January 1853 – 6 December 1920) was an Australian politician in Tasmania.
He was born in Cranbrook in Van Diemen's Land. In 1913 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal member for Franklin. He was defeated in 1916 but returned in a by-election in 1917 after the appointment of John Earle to the Senate. He was defeated again in 1919 and died in Swansea in 1920.
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1853 births
1920 deaths
Commonwealth Liberal Party politicians
Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania
Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
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