William Alexander Fraser, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Trenton, Ontario, Canada
About William Alexander Fraser
- William Alexander Fraser (24 April 1886 – 26 October 1962) was a Canadian politician. Fraser was born in Trenton, Ontario where he served as mayor in the 1920s.
- He represented the riding of Northumberland in Parliament with the Liberal party from 1930 through 1945.
- He served as Chief Whip in the Mackenzie King government.
- He was later appointed to the Senate, where he remained until his death in 1962. Fraser pursued a variety of business interests including the Trenton Cooperage Mills, a major cold storage business, fruit-growing and processing, regional newspapers, movie theatres, and a bridge-building company that later helped manufacture corvettes for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.
- He was known as "Nickel Billy", perhaps in reference to his business skills.He died at a Kingston, Ontario hospital, aged 76.
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