Alexander Fraser (Australian politician)

For the colonial Victorian politician, see Alexander Fraser (Victorian politician).

Alexander Fraser
Senator for Victoria
In office 15 May 1946 – 27 September 1946
Preceded by	Richard Keane
Succeeded by	Jack Devlin
Personal details
Born	(1892-08-20)20 August 1892
Died	8 July 1965(1965-07-08) (aged 72)
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Country (1946–52) Liberal (1955–61)
Occupation	Company manager

Alexander John Fraser (20 August 1892 – 8 July 1965) was an Australian politician.

Fraser was educated at Kyneton College in Kyneton, Victoria, before becoming a company manager. He was a good enough Australian rules footballer to play ten games for Melbourne in the 1914 and 1915 Victorian Football League seasons.

He served in the military from 1915 to 1919, returning to become an organiser with the Australian Producers' Wholesale Federation from 1937 to 1946. From 1946 to 1948 he was Secretary of the United Country Party of Victoria, and also served as chairman of government advisory bodies. On 15 May 1946, he was appointed to the Australian Senate as a Country Party Senator for Victoria, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Labor Senator Richard Keane. He was defeated at the 1946 election, but in 1950 entered the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Grant. He left the Assembly in 1952, but returned in 1955 as the Liberal Party member for Caulfield East, transferring to Caulfield in 1958. He was Minister for State Development in 1959 and Minister for Forests 1959-1961. Fraser died in 1965.