Jim Fraser | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Australian Capital Territory | |
| In office 28 April 1951 – 1 April 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Lewis Nott |
| Succeeded by | Kep Enderby |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 February 1908 Derby, Tasmania, Australia |
| Died | 1 April 1970 (aged 62) Canberra, Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse | Helen Whitten Rowland |
| Occupation | Teacher, journalist |
James Reay Fraser (8 February 1908 – 1 April 1970) was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Australian Capital Territory from 1951 to 1970.
Fraser was born in Derby, Tasmania and educated at Launceston High School. He worked as a chainman and axeman and as a teacher in Victorian state schools from 1927 to 1935. He then worked as a journalist until he enlisted in the Second Australian Imperial Force in 1942 and served in New Guinea until 1945. From 1946 to 1948 he worked as a journalist in the Department of Information in Canberra and then as press secretary and private secretary to Senator Nick McKenna until 1951.[1]
- ^ Lloyd, C. J. (2006) [Published first in hardcopy 1996]. James Reay (Jim) Fraser (1908–1970). Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2007.