Donald J. Fraser | |
Birth Date: | 12 October 1908 |
Birth Place: | Saint John, New Brunswick |
Death Place: | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
Office: | MLA for Yarmouth |
Term Start: | 1949 |
Term End: | 1953 |
Predecessor: | Henry A. Waterman |
Successor: | Raymond Z. Bourque |
Party: | Nova Scotia Liberal Party |
Occupation: | lawyer |
Donald Jackson Fraser (October 12, 1908 – October 2, 1982) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1949 to 1953. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]
Fraser was born in 1908 at Saint John, New Brunswick.[2] He was educated at the University of New Brunswick and Dalhousie University, and was a lawyer by career.[2] Fraser entered provincial politics in the 1949 election, winning the dual-member Yarmouth riding with Progressive Conservative William H. Brown.[3] He was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1953.[4] Fraser died at Yarmouth on October 2, 1982.[2] [5]