Hew Fraser

Olympic medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Great Britain ; ( Scotland)

Hew Thomson Fraser (25 July 1877 – 11 August 1938) was a Scottish field hockey player and British Liberal Party politician. He was born in Glasgow.^[1]

In 1908, he competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal as member of the Scotland Hockey team.^[2]

He moved to London in 1920. He worked as an Insurance Broker.^[3]

He was Liberal parliamentary candidate for the Wood Green Division of Middlesex from 1929 to 1938. He fought the 1929 General Election, coming second, pushing the Labour candidate into third place.

Wood Green in the county of Middlesex, showing boundaries used 1929-35

General Election 1929: Wood Green^[4] Electorate 71,445
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson	24,821	47.6
	Liberal	Hew Thomson Fraser	14,995	28.7
	Labour	E P Bell	12,360	23.7
Majority			9,826	18.9
Turnout				73.0
	Unionist hold		Swing

Following the formation of the National Government in 1931, there was another General Election. As the Liberals and Conservatives were partners in that government, the Wood Green Liberal Association decided not to oppose the sitting Conservative MP. At the following General Election, after the Liberals had moved into opposition, Fraser again contested Wood Green for the Liberals, but this time finished third.

General Election 1935: Wood Green^[5] Electorate 84,841
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Beverley Baxter	36,384	62.0
	Labour	Miss Dorothy Woodman	14,561	24.8
	Liberal	Hew Thomson Fraser	7,711	13.2
Majority			21,823	37.2
Turnout			58,656	69.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

After his death, his wife remained active for the Liberals in Wood Green.^[6]

References[edit]

^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1929
^ "Hew Fraser". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1929
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
^ "Politics Science Resources".
^ The Liberal Magazine, 1939

External links[edit]

Hew Fraser's profile at databaseOlympics.com
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hew Fraser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011.

External links[edit]

Hew Fraser at Olympedia

[1] The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1929

[2] "Hew Fraser". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

[3] The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1929

[4] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

[5] "Politics Science Resources".

[6] The Liberal Magazine, 1939

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Olympic medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Great Britain ( Scotland)
	1908 London	Team