John Anderson Fraser (4 April 1866 – 8 May 1960) was a

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member of the

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. He was born in

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and became a merchant and teacher. He attended the secondary school Stratford Collegiate Institute and became a director of John A. Fraser and Company. He taught schools in Ontario and British Columbia. Fraser entered provincial politics at the Cariboo riding for the

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in the 1909 British Columbia election, joining fellow Conservative

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in the two-member riding. He was re-elected there in

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. After Cariboo was changed to a single-member riding, Fraser was the sole Conservative candidate in the 1916 provincial election but was defeated by John McKay Yorston of the Liberals. He was elected to Parliament at the federal

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riding in the 1925 general election then re-elected in

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and

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. Fraser was defeated by

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of the Liberals in the 1935 federal election.

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* 1866 births 1960 deaths British Columbia Conservative Party MLAs Canadian merchants Canadian schoolteachers Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia People from Perth County, Ontario {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub