Alexander Fraser (Australian politician)

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Alexander John Fraser (22 August 1892 – 9 July 1965) was an Australian politician and businessman from Victoria. He played Australian rules football for Melbourne in the VFL, appearing in 10 games between 1914 and 1915. He served in World War I with the 10th Machine Gun Company as a lieutenant, was awarded the Military Cross, and was wounded three times.

After the war he worked as a company manager and became involved in trade organizations. He organised the Australian Producers' Wholesale Federation (1937–1946) and served as secretary of the United Country Party of Victoria (1946–1948).

In politics, Fraser was appointed to the Australian Senate for Victoria as a United Country Party senator on 15 May 1946, filling the vacancy left by the death of Richard Keane. He served until 27 September 1946, when he left after the 1946 election.

Fraser later served in the Victorian Legislative Assembly: Grant (1950–1952); Caulfield East (1955–1958); and Caulfield (1958–1965). He was a United Country Party member (1946–1952) and later a Liberal Party member (1955–1961). He held ministerial roles as Minister for State Development in 1959 and as Minister for Forests from 1959 to 1961.

Fraser married three times: Ivy Elizabeth Hume (1919), Catherine Boyd (1929), and Ilene Blackley (1955). He had three sons and two daughters. He died in Malvern, Victoria, in 1965 at the age of 72.