Scott Fraser | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Scott_Fraser_MLA.jpg) Fraser in 2017 | |
| Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation of British Columbia | |
| In office July 18, 2017 – November 26, 2020 | |
| Premier | John Horgan |
| Preceded by | John Rustad |
| Succeeded by | Murray Rankin |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Mid Island-Pacific Rim (Alberni-Pacific Rim; 2009–2017) (Alberni-Qualicum; 2005–2009) | |
| In office May 17, 2005 – October 24, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Gillian Trumper |
| Succeeded by | Josie Osborne |
| Mayor of Tofino | |
| In office November 1996 – November 1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Scott Kenneth Fraser 1957 or 1958 (age 66–67)[1] Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Spouse | Dolores |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence(s) | Qualicum Beach, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Politician |
Scott Kenneth Fraser (born 1957 or 1958) is a Canadian politician who represented the Mid Island-Pacific Rim electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2005 to 2020. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), he was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the 2005 election, defeating one-term Liberal Party incumbent Gillian Trumper, and re-elected in the 2009, 2013 and 2017 elections. During the 41st Parliament (2017-2020) he served in the Executive Council as the Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. In that role he led the government through adopting the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, with all party support, to implement the United Nations' Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
As a member of the official opposition in the 38th, 39th and 40th Parliaments he served in various critic and deputy roles at different times, such as on issues relating to community and rural development, mining, fisheries, and aboriginal issues. He introduced two private member bills: the Promotion of Safe Antifreeze Act, 2007 which sought to ban ethylene glycol from antifreeze products, and the Cave Protection Act which sought to create a registry of cave sites and create legal protection for them. In both the 2011 and 2014 NDP leadership elections Fraser endorsed John Horgan.
Prior to becoming an MLA, Fraser served one term (1996–1999) as mayor of Tofino, British Columbia; before that he operated a bed and breakfast. After serving as mayor he worked as a manager at a shellfish farm. He also ran in the 2004 federal election as the New Democratic Party nominee in the Nanaimo—Alberni electoral district, but lost to the incumbent James Lunney of the Conservative Party.