Adam Hunter was a British

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 Labour Party

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 politician.

Hunter was a miner and a Scottish

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 executive member of the National Union of Mineworkers. He was elected a councillor on Fife

Fife

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 County Council

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. He served as chairman of West Fife Constituency Labour Party

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 and secretary of Fife Co-operative Association for many years.

Hunter was Member of Parliament

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 for Dunfermline Burghs

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

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 until 1979, preceding Dick Douglas

Dick Douglas

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