Jim Fraser

Jim Fraser

"For the former Scottish footballer, see Jim Fraser (footballer)"

James Reay (Jim) Fraser (8 February 19081 April 1970) was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Australian Capital Territory from 1951 to 1970.

Fraser was born in Derby, Tasmania and educated at Launceston High School. He worked as a chainman and axeman and as a teacher in Victorian state schools from 1927 to 1935. He then worked as a journalist until he enlisted in the Second Australian Imperial Force in 1942 and served in New Guinea until 1945. From 1946 to 1948 he worked as a journalist in the Department of Information in Canberra and then as press secretary and private secretary to Senator Nicholas McKenna until 1951.cite web
first=C. J.
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title =Fraser, James Reay (Jim) (1908 - 1970)
publisher =Australian National University
work=Australian Dictionary of Biography
url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140714b.htm
accessdate = 2007-08-18
]

Political career

Fraser became a member of the Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council in 1949 and defeated Lewis Nott for the House of Representatives seat of the Australian Capital Territory in the 1951 election, although this position did not have full powers until 1966. He put a great deal of time and energy into looking after the interests of his constituents. In 1959, he married Helen Whitten Rowland. He died of cancer in 1970, survived by his wife and son.

The Division of Fraser is named after him. His brother, Allan Fraser, was MP for the adjoining seat of Eden-Monaro from 1943 to 1966 and from 1969 to 1972.

Notes

Persondata
NAME = Fraser, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Fraser, James Reay
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian politician and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH = 8 February 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH = Derby, Tasmania
DATE OF DEATH = 1 April 1970
PLACE OF DEATH = Canberra


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