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James Fraser (Western Australian politician)

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in 1961, survived by his wife, two sons and one of his two daughters. During World War II, his three sons served in the army. One was captured by the Japanese in the
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and was responsible for implementing the Labor government's ambitions to expand social security programs. In June 1946, he became
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in London, where he had worked before emigrating. After the war he returned to Perth as a motorman with the
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from 1938 to 1959. He held ministerial office in the ALP governments of the 1940s, serving as
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Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
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and he became an officer of the Tramway Employees' Union.
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Fraser became a member of the State executive of the
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The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate
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Index

James McIntosh Fraser
The Honourable

Minister for Trade and Customs
Ben Chifley
John Dedman
Ben Courtice
Minister for Health
John Curtin
Frank Forde
Ben Chifley
Jack Holloway
Nick McKenna
Minister for Social Services
John Curtin
Frank Forde
Ben Chifley
Jack Holloway
Nick McKenna
Minister for External Territories
John Curtin
Allan McDonald
Eddie Ward
Senator
Forres
Morayshire
Victoria Park, Western Australia
Labor
Australian Labor Party
Senator

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