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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
'''Alexander Vaughan (Alex) Fraser''' (June 22, 1916 – May 9, 1989) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] politician. Fraser began his career as a businessman in the central [[British Columbia]] town of [[Quesnel, British Columbia|Quesnel]], located in the [[Cariboo]] region.▼
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Fraser came from a political family. His father, John, served in both the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|provincial legislature]] and [[House of Commons (Canada)|federal parliament]]. Fraser himself began his own political career in 1949, when he was elected as commissioner of Quesnel. In 1950 Fraser was elected [[Reeve (Canada)|reeve]] (later [[mayor]]) of Quesnel, a position he held for the next twenty years. During that time he served both as president of the [[Union of B.C. Municipalities]] and chairman of the [[Cariboo Regional District, British Columbia|Cariboo Regional District]].▼
| name =Alexander Vaughan Fraser
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date ={{Birth date|1916|6|22}}
| birth_place = [[Victoria, British Columbia]], Canada
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|05|9|1916|06|23}}
| death_place = [[Quesnel, British Columbia]], Canada
| residence =
| constituency_AM1 = [[Cariboo (provincial electoral district)|Cariboo]]
| assembly1 = British Columbia Legislative
| term_start1 =August 27, 1969
| term_end1 = May 9, 1989
| alongside1 = [[T. Neil Vant|Neil Vant]]<br><small>(1986–1989)</small>
| predecessor1 = [[Robert Bonner (politician)|Robert Bonner]]
| successor1 = [[David Zirnhelt]]
| predecessor=
| successor=
| occupation = businessman
| party = [[Social Credit Party of British Columbia]]
| spouse = Gertrude Watt
| relations =
| allegiance = {{flag|Canada}}
| branch = {{Army|Canada}}
| serviceyears = 1942–1946
| unit = [[Royal Canadian Army Service Corps]]
}}
▲'''Alexander Vaughan
▲Fraser came from a political family. His father, John, served in both the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|provincial legislature]] and [[House of Commons
Fraser moved from local to provincial politics in 1969, winning the [[Cariboo (provincial electoral district)|Cariboo riding]] for the [[British Columbia Social Credit Party]]. In 1986, Fraser became ill and was diagnosed with [[Esophageal cancer|throat cancer]]. He
Fraser was a prominent member of the cabinets of Premiers [[Bill Bennett]] and [[Bill Vander Zalm]], serving as the province's Minister of Transportation and Highways a cumulative total of eleven years between 1975 and 1986.
The [[Alex Fraser Bridge]] over the [[Fraser River]] (the river named for the explorer, [[Simon Fraser (explorer)|Simon Fraser]], and not the politician) is named in his honour. Part of [[British Columbia Highway 91|Highway 91]], the bridge links the municipalities of [[Richmond, British Columbia|Richmond]] and [[Delta, British Columbia|Delta]]. The [[Alex Fraser Research Forest]] was created in 1987, and named in his honour. The Research Forest is operated by the University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry, and is located east of Williams Lake. A park in Quesnel is also named for him.
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/upperfraserbasin/gertrude/family_legacy.html Information] from the [[Royal British Columbia Museum
* {{Find a Grave|6395|accessdate=September 3, 2010}}
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