Alexander Fraser (Australian politician)
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| Senator for Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||
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In office 15 May 1946 – 27 September 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Richard Keane | |||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jack Devlin | |||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Grant | ||||||||||||||||||
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In office 13 May 1950 – 5 December 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Frederick Holden | |||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Leslie D'Arcy | |||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Caulfield East | ||||||||||||||||||
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In office 28 May 1955 – 30 May 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Caulfield | ||||||||||||||||||
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In office 31 May 1958 – 9 July 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Joe Rafferty | |||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Ian McLaren | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
Alexander John Fraser 22 August 1892 Fairfield, Victoria | |||||||||||||||||
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8 July 1965 (aged 72) Malvern, Victoria | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||
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United Country (1946–52) Liberal (1955–61) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Children | 3 sons, 2 daughters | |||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Melbourne University | |||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Company manager | |||||||||||||||||
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Alexander John Fraser MC (22 August 1892 – 8 July 1965) was an Australian politician.
Fraser was educated at Kyneton College in Kyneton, Victoria, before becoming a company manager. He was a good enough Australian rules footballer to play ten games for Melbourne in the 1914 and 1915 Victorian Football League seasons.[1]
He served in the First Australian Imperial Force, 10th Machine Gun Company from 1915 to 1919 with the rank of Lieutenant. He was awarded a Military Cross and wounded three times.[2] He was an organiser with the Australian Producers' Wholesale Federation from 1937 to 1946. From 1946 to 1948 he was Secretary of the United Country Party of Victoria, and also served as chairman of government advisory bodies. On 15 May 1946, he was appointed to the Australian Senate as a Country Party Senator for Victoria, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Labor Senator Richard Keane. He was defeated at the 1946 election, but in 1950 entered the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Grant. He left the Assembly in 1952, but returned in 1955 as the Liberal Party member for Caulfield East, transferring to Caulfield in 1958. He was Minister for State Development in 1959 and Minister for Forests 1959-1961. Fraser died in 1965.[3]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexander Fraser. |
- ↑ "Alex Fraser". AFL Tables.
- ↑ "Alexander John Fraser". Re-Member. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ↑ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
| Victorian Legislative Assembly | ||
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| Preceded by Frederick Holden |
Member for Electoral district of Grant 1950–1952 |
Succeeded by Leslie D'Arcy |
| New seat | Member for Caulfield East 1955–1958 |
seat abolished |
| New seat | Member for Caulfield 1958–1965 |
Succeeded by Ian McLaren |