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♂ Donald J. Fraser
aliasDonald J. Fraser
Record
20998 · 10382

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 12 October 1908 → 115 years + 6 months ago
Lived 73 years + 11 months
First mandate 9 June 1949 → 74 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 40 years + 7 months
Death 2 October 1982 → 41 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 4 months after 25 May 1953
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 3 11 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Raymond Z. Bourque  m 
 		 ⊖ William H. Brown  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 13,711 Votes: 18,931 Participation: 69.04% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
44		 Nova Scotia
9 June 1949
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18260(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 2/4 4,751 50.35% +150 Loser:
LIB
 4,601 48.76% Joseph I. Pothier

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 13,055 Votes: 17,284 Participation: 66.19% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
45		 Nova Scotia
26 May 1953
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18301(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
LIB
 4/4 3,790 43.97% -734 Winner:
PC
 4,524 52.48% Raymond Z. Bourque

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Fraser, Donald Jackson (p. 75)		 06 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Donald J. Fraser		 06 Aug 2023

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