John James Fraser Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Honourable
John James Fraser
Order:5th
Office:Premier of New Brunswick
Term Start:May 3, 1878
Term End:May 25, 1882
Predecessor:George E. King
Successor:Daniel L. Hanington
Lieutenant Governor:Samuel Leonard Tilley
Edward Barron Chandler
Robert Duncan Wilmot
Order2:9th
Office2:Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
Term Start2:December 20, 1893
Term End2:November 24, 1896
Predecessor2:John Boyd
Successor2:Abner Reid McClelan
Monarch2:Victoria
Governor General2:The Earl of Aberdeen
Premier2:Andrew George Blair
James Mitchell
Office3:MLA for York
Term Start3:March 2, 1865
Term End3:June 1, 1866
Predecessor3:Charles Fisher
Successor3:Charles Fisher
Alongside3:George Luther Hatheway, William Hayden Needham, John Campbell Allen
Term Start4:August 3, 1872
Term End4:May 25, 1882
Predecessor4:George Luther Hatheway
Successor4:Edward Ludlow Wetmore
Alongside4:Robert Robinson, Andrew George Blair, Charles McPherson, Thomas F. Barker, Frederick P. Thompson, John Adolphus Beckwith, Hiram Dow, George J. Colter
Birth Date:August 1, 1829
Birth Place:Beaubears Island, New Brunswick, Canada
Death Place:Genoa, Italy
Party:Conservative
Spouse:
    Children:2 daughters who died in infancy
    Occupation:Lawyer, judge
    Profession:Politician

    John James Fraser (August 1, 1829  - November 24, 1896) was a New Brunswick (Canada) lawyer, judge, and politician.

    John Fraser was born at Beaubears Island, New Brunswick. He married twice, the first time in 1867 to Martha Cumming. She died in 1871 and in 1884 he married Jane Maria Paulette Fisher, eldest daughter of former Premier, Charles Fisher.

    In 1865 he won a seat in the colonial legislature as an Anti-Confederation Party MLA but lost his seat the next year. After Canadian confederation he ultimately joined the government and was appointed to the legislative council serving as president of the Executive Council from 1871 to 1872. That year he won a seat in the legislature and served as Provincial Secretary from 1872 to 1878 when he succeeded George E. King as Premier and Attorney-General.

    Fraser was the first premier to give both the Acadian and the Irish sections of the Roman Catholic community effective representation in cabinet. Pierre-Amand Landry was made commissioner of public works, while Michael Adams became a surveyor-general with responsibility for administering crown lands.

    In 1882, after running unsuccessfully for a seat in the federal parliament, Fraser left politics and was appointed to the provincial supreme court and from 1893 to 1896 he served as the ninth Lieutenant Governor of the province.

    John Fraser died in 1896 in Genoa, Italy.

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