James Fraser | |
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Minister for Trade and Customs | |
In office 18 June 1946 – 1 November 1946 | |
Prime Minister | Ben Chifley |
Preceded by | John Dedman |
Succeeded by | Ben Courtice |
Minister for Health | |
In office 21 September 1943 – 18 June 1946 | |
Prime Minister | John Curtin Frank Forde Ben Chifley |
Preceded by | Jack Holloway |
Succeeded by | Nick McKenna |
Minister for Social Services | |
In office 21 September 1943 – 18 June 1946 | |
Prime Minister | John Curtin Frank Forde Ben Chifley |
Preceded by | Jack Holloway |
Succeeded by | Nick McKenna |
Minister for External Territories | |
In office 7 October 1941 – 21 September 1943 | |
Prime Minister | John Curtin |
Preceded by | Allan McDonald |
Succeeded by | Eddie Ward |
Senator for Western Australia | |
In office 1 July 1938 – 30 June 1959 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Forres, Morayshire, Scotland | 12 March 1889
Died | 27 August 1961 Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia | (aged 72)
Political party | Labor |
Spouse |
Ellen Simmons (m. 1912) |
Occupation | Tramways worker |
James McIntosh Fraser (12 March 1889 – 27 August 1961) was an Australian trade unionist and politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1938 to 1959. He held ministerial office in the ALP governments of the 1940s, serving as Minister for External Territories (1941–1943), Social Services (1943–1946), Health (1943–1946), and Trade and Customs (1946).