Osborne 'Ossie' McKenzie Fraser, (November 7, 1923 – October 29, 1982) was a politician in

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

, Canada. Born in Edwardsville, he was the son of Ernest Osborne and Mary Catherine Fraser. Fraser worked as a steel worker with

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(SYSCO) for 35 years. He was elected to the Cape Breton County Council in 1964 before moving into provincial politics. He was first elected to the

Nova Scotia House of Assembly The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Taigh Seanaidh Alba Nuadh), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia of the province of Nova Scotia ...

in a 1976 byelection in the

Cape Breton West Cape Breton East (formerly Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg) is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is represented by Brian Comer of the Progressive Conser ...

riding. He was re-elected in the new riding of

Cape Breton The Lakes Cape Breton The Lakes was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1978 out of areas which were formerly included in the Cape Breton North, Cape Breton ...

in the

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and 1981 provincial elections. He served as a member of the

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until he died suddenly on October 29, 1982. Fraser was also a veteran of

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. He was married to Mary Ruth Briscoe.

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Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs 1923 births 1982 deaths Nova Scotia municipal councillors {{Liberal-NovaScotia-MLA-stub