William Fraser (Canadian politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician, born 1832
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About William Fraser (Canadian politician)
- William Fraser (June 17, 1832 in Red River Colony, Ruperts Land – September 9, 1909 in Fraser's Grove, Manitoba, Canada) was a farmer, bureaucrat and politician from Manitoba, Canada. Fraser began his political experience as a Member of the Council of Assiniboia serving from 1868 until 1870. He was appointed to serve on the Temporary North-West Council on December 28, 1872.
- The council was the first governing body in Northwest Territories history.
- He served that post until 1876.
- Fraser was one of the only men appointed who did not have a seat in the Manitoba Legislature. The neighborhood of Fraser's Grove in Winnipeg is named after him.
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