Ian Montagu Fraser (14 October 1916 – 8 November 1987) was a British
Conservative party politician.
Fraser stood for
Tottenham
Tottenham () is a town in North London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Wal ...
in
1955 and was defeated.
In the run-up to the
1959 general election he tried to win the Conservative nomination for
Finchley, but at the selection meeting was narrowly defeated by
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first female British prime ...
. At the election he was elected as
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
for the
Plymouth Sutton
Plymouth, Sutton was, from 1918 until 2010, a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
History
Pl ...
constituency. In his time in Parliament he became Parliamentary Private Secretary. He was narrowly re-elected at the
1964 general election. However he was defeated at the
1966 general election by the Labour candidate
David Owen, who went on to become
Foreign Secretary.
References
*
Times Guide to the House of Commons
''The Times Guide to the House of Commons'' is a political reference guide book published by Times Newspapers giving coverage of general elections in the United Kingdom.
Following most general elections since 1880, the book has been published. Th ...
*John Campbell, ''The Grocer's Daughter''
External links
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1916 births
1987 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1959–1964
UK MPs 1964–1966
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