William Fraser (June 17, 1832, in

Red River Colony The Red River Colony (or Selkirk Settlement), also known as Assiniboia, Assinboia, was a colonization project set up in 1811 by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, on of land in British North America. This land was granted to Douglas by the Hud ...

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– September 9, 1909 in Fraser's Grove,

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) was a farmer, bureaucrat, and politician from

. Fraser began his political experience as a Member of the

Council of Assiniboia The Council of Assiniboia (french: Conseil d'Assiniboine) was the first appointed administrative body of the District of Assiniboia, operating from 1821 until 1870. It was this council who is credited for the arrival of a functioning legal system, ...

serving from 1868 until 1870. He was appointed to serve on the

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on December 28, 1872. The council was the first governing body in Northwest Territories' history. He served that post until 1876. Fraser was one of the only men appointed who did not have a seat in the Manitoba Legislature. The neighborhood of Fraser's Grove in Winnipeg is named after him.

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