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  John Allen Fraser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Honourable John Allen Fraser, PC, OC, OBC, CD, QC, LL.B (born December 15, 1931) is a retired Canadian parliamentarian, and former Speaker of the House of Commons.
Born in Yokohama, Japan, Fraser first won a seat in parliament in the 1972 general election as a Progressive Conservative from Vancouver.
In 1979, Fraser became Minister of the Environment in the short-lived government of Joe Clark, returning to the Opposition benches in 1980.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Fraser_(Canadian_politician)   (242 words)

  
 McCornack's Genealogy-15 - John Fraser - Mary MacDonald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
John Fraser, the nephew, was a school master in the Highlands of Scotland where he raised a large family.
John Fraser was born on the 18 Feb 1816 at Savoy, Berkshire County, Maryland.
John was born on the 30 Jun 1847 in the Dundee Township in Kane County, Illinois.
members.aol.com /mccornack/FraserMacDonald.html   (2512 words)

  
 John Fraser de Berry
John Fraser was acting as tutor to the sons of his deceased uncle Alexander Fraser by Pauline Michaud, namely, William (1830-1908) and Edouard Fraser (c1832-1874) of Rivière-du-Loup.
John Fraser de Berry, who sat in the Legislative Council until 1877, or thereabouts, was the Lord of the clan Fraser, and took the name of De Berry from the seigniory he had acquired.
Colonel A.L. Fraser, Esquire, J.P., Chief of the "Frasers" of the Electoral District of Wellington River du Loup (en bas), and was signed, Your affectionate Cousin, John Fraser de Berry, Chief of the New Clan Fraser of British North America.
www.electricscotland.com /HISTORY/canada/deberry.htm   (1766 words)

  
 Descendants of John Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
John Hutcheson, born 13 Oct 1823 at Kilcoy, Scotland; married Mary Colquhoun Macfie.
John Henry Newman and Victorie Victoria Orchard, 24 Nov 1904 at Mudgee, NSW; died 5 Dec 1939 at Maryborough at age 63.
John Hutcheson; born 10 Jan 1861; married Louise Mundie; died between 1937 and 1938.
www.users.bigpond.com /jk-gallagher/fraserj/jfras001.htm   (442 words)

  
 National Christmas Tree Association: ARIZONA CYPRESS
Fraser fir was named for John Fraser (1750-1811), a Scot botanist who explored the southern Appalachian Mountains in the late 18th century.
Fraser fir is a uniformly pyramid-shaped tree which reaches a maximum height of about 80 feet and a diameter of 1-1.5 feet.
Fraser fir is intermediate in shade tolerance and is usually found on fertile, rocky to sandy soils which are acidic.
www.realchristmastrees.org /treetype/fraser.html   (738 words)

  
 John Fraser
John Fraser, born c1779, is not mentioned in the document, dated 11 Jan 1796, related to the tutorship of the children of the late Judge John Fraser who died in Montreal on 5 Dec 1795.
Furthermore, if John Fraser of the Field Train Dept., was born in Quebec and/or was a son of Captain (later Judge) John Fraser, he would have had no reason to be crossing the ocean to visit his parents in 1819, as indicated in the book on the families of Yamachiche.
The witnesses at the marriage of Frank Dillon Tims of the City of Quebec, Gentleman and Bachelor and Caroline Dudley Fraser of the Town of Sherbrooke, Spinster, on 23 Oct 1852, was Thomas C. Racey [s/o Benjamin Racey and Ann Fraser, d/o Simon Fraser of Matane] and L. Fraser.
www.clanfraser.ca /johnfraser.htm   (3442 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Liberal Party of Australia
John Howard The Honourable John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939), is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, coming to office on 11 March 1996 and winning re-election in 1998, 2001 and 2004.
John Cain John Cain (born 26 April 1931), Australian politician, was Labor Premier of the state of Victoria from 1982 to 1990.
Matthew John Matt Birney (born 10 June 1969), Australian politician, was elected Leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia on 9 March 2005.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Liberal-Party-of-Australia   (4418 words)

  
 John Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
John turned in numerous brilliant performances during the 61/62 season and on 21.10.61 he set up 3 goals and scored 2 as Margate beat Guildford 6-2 in the 4th Qualifying Round of the FA Cup.
John was particularly adept at dribbling and his ball control led the paper to say that he "seemingly had glue on the toes of his boots" !
John's next move took him to Corinthians for the 1969 campaign and he then became assistant manager of his old club Durban City in 1971.
www.margatefchistory.co.uk /johnfraser.htm   (459 words)

  
 Volume 1 - Chapter 1: John Fraser
The first John Fraser was a Scotchman by birth and in 1719 one John Fraser presented a petition stating he was a merchant of London and that he was appointed "supercargo" of a ship "Nathaniel and Charles" in a voyage to several ports in America.
John Fraser was shrewd but fair and honest in his dealings with the red and white men.
When the latter was formed on March 9, 1771 Fraser was appointed by the governor on March 11 as one of the Justices of the Peace and a Judge of several Courts which he held until his death on April 16, 1773.
www.everettarea.org /tales/v04/v04c01.htm   (1336 words)

  
 Nominee: John A. Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Fraser was an associate in the Labor Law section of Morgan, Lewis and Bockius in Washington, D.C. from 1981-1986.
Fraser graduated with honors from Fort Lewis College in Colorado (B.A., 1977) and Washington and Lee University (J.D., 1980) and served as a law clerk for Judge Roger Robb of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Fraser was awarded the LL.M. degree by the University of Virginia in 1997.
www.ftc.gov /acoas/nominations/fraser.htm   (560 words)

  
 Family of John Fraser "Cousin Sandy" (1810-1872)
His father, John Fraser (1810-1872) from Portsoy, Banffshire, was both a London merchant tailor and noted political writer on the English Chartist reform movement, whose crusty manner and folksy poems endeared him to many of the Scottish settlers in Canada.
His parents, John Fraser and Isabella Forbes, as well as his uncle James Fraser with his wife and sons, had emigrated in 1831, as part of the group from Scotland who settled in the village of Beebe Plain on the Derby Line border.
John Fraser, Minister, was "a cousin" of the deceased.
www.electricscotland.com /canada/fraser/john_fraser.htm   (2477 words)

  
 The John Fraser Ramsey Award
John Fraser Ramsey was born December 17, 1907, in Lawrence Kansas, as the only child of Joseph Reeves Ramsey and Della Frazer Ramsey.
John was responsible for the successful establishment of the Alabama Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi, which was chartered at the University of Alabama on February 29, 1964.
John Ramsey was a scholar, historian, patriot, writer, world traveler, classical music devotee, gourmet cook, avid sports fan, and an educator whose dedication and compassion influenced the lives of untold numbers of students at the University of Alabama.
bama.ua.edu /~jfraward/bio.shtml   (1844 words)

  
 ASF Presents Top Conservation Award to The Honourable John Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Fraser developed and executed many strong conservation policies to benefit wild Atlantic salmon, including a permanent buy-out of the Maritime commercial fishery which killed tens of thousands of salmon annually.
Fraser's leadership in eliminating the Maritime commercial fishery was the first important step toward easing the over exploitation of wild Atlantic salmon in Canada.
John Fraser was Canada's Ambassador of the Environment and is currently Chairman of the Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council.
www.asf.ca /Communications/2000/Oct00/fraser.html   (647 words)

  
 John Malcolm Fraser
Fraser's background - the Western District of Victoria, where fine colonial homesteads stand amid prosperous pastures - is about the closest that Australia knows to the traditions of the English 'landed gentry' Fraser was the descendant of three generations of pastoral wealth and conservatism when he was born in 1930.
Fraser introduced reforms such as direct payment of family allowances to mothers, an increased federal role in Aboriginal affairs and a number of initiatives in the areas of human rights, civil liberties and the environment.
John Neville Fraser was born in 1890, the youngest of Simon Fraser's six offspring from two marriages.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/5557/fraser.html   (1878 words)

  
 John Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
As the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans between 1984 and 1986, John Fraser developed and executed many strong conservation policies to benefit wild Atlantic salmon, including a permanent buy-out of the Maritime commercial fishery which killed tens of thousands of salmon annually.
John Fraser's leadership in eliminating the Maritime commercial fishery was the first important step toward easing the over exploitation of wild Atlantic salmon in Canada.
John Fraser has been Canada's Ambassador of the Environment and Chairman of the Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council.
www.asf.ca /ConservCentre/HallFame/Awardpages/fraser.html   (132 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Malcolm Fraser (Australian And New Zealand History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
He became leader of the coalition in 1975 in oppostion, and prime minister after the Labor government of Gough Whitlam was dismissed.
Fraser's generally conservative policies included cutting government spending and taxes, discouraging higher wages, increasing defense spending, and promoting a stronger ANZUS alliance.
He was reelected in 1977 and 1980, retiring after the 1983 victory of the Labor party under Bob Hawke.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/FraserJMa.html   (261 words)

  
 NLS - Fraser & "Hoppy"
John Fraser was an RCAF bomb-aimer from Nanaimo, B.C. He had completed a tour of thirty operations with No. 50 Squadron prior to being selected to join No. 617.
Fraser is at far left in the front row.
John Fraser recalled, "Gibson got away with it because he had the element of surprise.They (the guns in the towers) crossed up on us and the light flak battery came in on the side.
www.lancastermuseum.ca /fraserhoppy.html   (756 words)

  
 The Trenholm Company Runs the Blockade
Fraser, Trenholm & Co. decided to prove that the blockade was ineffective and therefore illegal, by sending a steamer from Liverpool to one of the Southern ports.
In September, acting Secretary of War, Benjamin, acknowledged that John Fraser &Co. had placed the Bermuda at the service of the government and after conferring with the Navy, the Army was using the whole tonnage.
Fraser, Trenholm had been apprised of her arrival by telegram and letter by way of Quebec.
www.awod.com /gallery/probono/cwchas/trenholm.html   (702 words)

  
 Brinnin, John Malcolm --  Encyclopædia Britannica
John F. Kennedy is still considered one of the most popular U.S. presidents.
Learn about the Presidency of John Adams, who was the second man to hold the office of U.S. President and the first to occupy the newly constructed White House.
This is a summary of the political philosophy of John Locke.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9104135   (692 words)

  
 John A. Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
ohn Alexander Fraser was the fourth son of Simon Fraser, the North West Company explorer who in 1808 first made his way down the river that now bears his name.
Fraser was a morose, poetic young man, also described as "upright and generous." Troubles haunted his life, and were reflected in his poetry.
The following day one of the claims he had heavily invested in struck a rich lead and brought good returns to investors, but John Fraser's Mason brethren and the "largest concourse of friends ever before assembled in Cariboo for such a purpose" were laying him to rest.
www.cariboo-net.com /sentinel/vol2/jafraser.htm   (243 words)

  
 McClelland and Stewart Ltd: About Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
In that year John McClelland and Frederick Goodchild left the Methodist Book Room (later to be known as Ryerson Press) to establish the company of McClelland and Goodchild.
One of the most prestigious of these began in 1939 when John McClelland was on a visit to England.
Jan Walter, assisted by her partners John Macfarlane and Gary Ross, continued to create and edit fine books independently under the MWandR editorial imprint, until spring 2003 when adverse market conditions forced the imprint to close down, with McClelland and Stewart honouring all outstanding contracts.
www.mcclelland.com /aboutus/history.html   (1759 words)

  
 CLAN FRASER SOCIETY OF CANADA
Anyone interested in an overview of the history and structure of Clan Fraser may wish to visit the recently updated web site of The Lady Saltoun at http://www.fraserchief.co.uk which includes a brief explanation of the correct use of heraldry, some Fraser tartans and music, and advice to others researching their Fraser genealogy.
The Frasers of Lovat and Strichen may help to explain the succession, by Thomas Alexander Fraser 10th laird of Strichen (1802-75), as nearest heir male of the Frasers of Lovat; after the death of the youngest son of the 11th Lord Lovat, namely, Archibald Campbell Fraser of Lovat (1736-1815), who left no legitimate surviving issue.
Alexander Fraser of Fraserfield, of Charlottenburg Township, Glengarry County, is well known to students of the history of Upper Canada (Ontario).
www.clanfraser.ca   (832 words)

  
 Campus News: Journalist John Fraser to give talk at U of G
John Fraser, an award-winning journalist, author and scholar, will speak with University of Guelph students and community members May 1 at 7 p.m.
Fraser is the master of Massey College at the University of Toronto.
Fraser understands the world of books as a critic and as an author.
www.uoguelph.ca /mediarel/archives/002587.html   (347 words)

  
 John Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
John was a tennant at Drummond Plantation, Boleskine, Invernesshire on the lands of Thomas Fraser of Knockie - a cadet of the house of Lovat - located on the east side of Loch Ness.
The births of all his children are recorded taking place on the lands of Thomas Fraser of Knockie.
The three not born at Drummond were born at seasonal pasturing places on the western slopes of the "Grey Moor".
www.dartmouth.edu /~jac/Fraser/PS16/PS16_384.HTM   (92 words)

  
 The John Fraser Ramsey Award
Tuscaloosa was still a “dry county,” and John and Dicky were scheduled to go to the Midway in Greene County for a few beers.
John was not scheduled to teach the course, but twice as many students signed up as expected.
John stayed involved in our lives, and as our family grew, he was always there to share in the glory of another birth.
bama.ua.edu /~jfraward/harrylee.shtml   (583 words)

  
 O.B.C. Biography - John Fraser
John Fraser has had a long and illustrious career in Canadian public life.
As Environment Minister and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and throughout his personal life, John Fraser has made a measurable contribution to the environmental quality of North America.
John Fraser is honorary chairman or patron of several environmental organizations, including the Worldsphere Foundation, the B.C. Forests in Israel project, and Canada's Environmental Law Centre.
www.protocol.gov.bc.ca /protocol/prgs/obc/1995/1995_JFraser.htm   (154 words)

  
 John Arthur Fraser ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Art critic J.W. Mahoney wrote about Fraser's work in the Washington Review: "The single eye of Catriona Fraser's camera has been directed toward the timeless world of her Celtic ancestors for many years...
Kevin Fraser is a native of Oakville, Ontario.
Niurka Inurrieta's work had just been exhibited in Portugal, says Catriona Fraser, owner of the Fraser Gallery and co-curator of the exhibition, and when I saw it for the first time I was very impressed by her imagery and technical...
www.wwar.com /masters/f/fraser-john_arthur.html   (1337 words)

  
 Fraser Genealogical Tree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
I am in the process of mapping the Fraser genealogical tree, a daunting task considering the number of different Fraser family's there are.
If you have any information regarding descendants from this Fraser Family, please send me an e-mail.
My ultimate plan is to publish the family tree and publish a Fraser Family newsletter, which I will send to each relative that participates - during Christmas 2002.
www3.sympatico.ca /anne-marie.l   (359 words)

  
 Globeinvestor.com: Northern Lion Gold Corp.: John Fraser Appointed Vice President-Exploration
Fraser has been instrumental in the rapid advancement and understanding of the Haveri Project to date.
Fraser is now responsible for managing all of Northern Lion's current exploration programs at Haveri, and will also be closely consulted regarding any potential property acquisitions.
Fraser is the company's designated Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 for Northern Lion's 8000m-drill program currently underway.
www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/WireFeedRedirect?cf=GlobeInvestor/config&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&date=20040419&archive=ccnm&slug=0419050n   (474 words)

  
 John W. Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
METHUEN -- John W. Fraser, 44, formerly of North Andover, died May 10, 2002 at Holy Family Hospital.
Fraser was the manager of Rolling Green Service Station in Andover.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Jimmy Fund, 1309 Beacon St., Brookline, MA 02446.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20020512/FN_003.htm   (103 words)

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