Merchant, municipal official.
Born at Portage la Prairie on 26 February 1887, son of Lachlan Fraser and Mary Gillespie, he was educated at Glenboro School. He moved to Gilbert Plains in 1907 and farmed for a time, afterwards operating a livery business for seven years. In 1914, he purchased a business.
In 1913, he married Maud Webster (1885-1955) and they had two daughters. He was elected to the Gilbert Plains council where he served four years before being elected Mayor of Gilbert Plains in 1924. He was a member of the Retail Merchants Association, Agricultural Society, IOOF (Past Noble Grand), and Presbyterian church.
He died in 1957 and was buried in the Queen's Park Cemetery and Mausoleum at Calgary, Alberta.
Birth registration [Oliver Stanley Fraser], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
Obituary [Maud Fraser], Calgary Herald, 28 April 1955, page 18.
Obituary, Calgary Herald, 2 April 1957, page 33.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 8 June 2024
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