Arthur Colegate

William Arthur Colegate (1883–10 September 1956) was a Conservative Party member of the British House of Commons.

Colegate studied at University College London, where he joined the Fabian Society and acted as a research assistant to Beatrice and Sydney Webb. He then became a civil servant, before moving to become a director of Brunner Mond and Company and British Overseas Stores. From 1925 to 1929, he served as President of the Industrial Property Committee of International Chamber of Commerce.

Abandoning his youthful ideology, Colegate joined the Conservative Party and unsuccessfully contested the Sowerby constituency at the 1929 UK general election, but he was elected at The Wrekin by-election, 1941. He lost the seat at the 1945 UK general election, but was successful in Burton at the 1950 UK general election, holding his seat in 1951, and standing down in 1955.