Peter Fraser CH PC (1884 - 1950)

Born 28 Aug 1884 in Hill of Fearn, Ross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Janet Henderson (Munro) Fraser — married 1 Nov 1919 (to 7 Mar 1945) in New Zealand

Died 12 Dec 1950 at age 66 in Wellington, New Zealand

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Preceded by 9th Minister Alexander Young Preceeded by 23rd Prime Minister Michael Savage Preceeded by 14th Leader Sidney Holland Preceeded by 21st Minister Sydney Smith Preceeded by 9th Minister Frank Langstone Preceeded by 26th Minister Rex Mason

Peter Fraser 11th Minister of Health of New Zealand Dec 6 1935 - Apr 30 1940 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand Mar 27 1940 - Dec 13 1949 15th Leader of the Opposition of New Zealand Dec 13 1949 - Dec 12 1950 22nd Minister of Education of New Zealand 6 Dec 1935 - 30 Apr 1940 10th Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand 7 Jul 1943 - 13 Dec 1949 27th Minister of Native Affairs of New Zealand 19 Dec 1946 - 13 Dec 1949

Succeeded by 12th Minister Tim Armstrong Succeeded by 25th Prime Minister Sidney Holland Succeeded by 16th Leader Walter Nash Succeeded by 23rd Minister Rex Mason Succeeded by 11th Minister Frederick Doidge Succeeded by 28th Minister Ernest Corbett

Biography

Peter Fraser CH PC has Scottish Ancestors.

Peter Fraser CH PC is Notable.

Peter Fraser was a New Zealand politician who served as the 24th Prime Minister from 27 March 1940 until 13 December 1949. He assumed the office nearly seven months after the outbreak of World War II and remained as head of government for almost ten years. Considered by historians as a major figure in the history of New Zealand Labour Party, he was in office longer than any other New Zealand Labour Prime Minister and is to date the fourth longest serving Prime Minister.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors. (2020, October 17). Peter Fraser. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 00:02, November 2, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Fraser&oldid=983981109

• Marriage - Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand Marriage cert 1919/8216
• Death - Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand Death cert 1950/32869 aged 66Y
• Tim Beaglehole. 'Fraser, Peter', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4f22/fraser-peter (accessed 14 May 2018)
• "Scotland Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSDS-VCK : 10 December 2017), Peter Fraser, Fearn, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland; from "1891 England, Scotland & Wales census," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing p. 13, GRO6/275, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 208,624.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 October 2018), memorial page for Peter Fraser (28 Aug 1884–12 Dec 1950), Find A Grave: Memorial #141421794, citing Karori Cemetery, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand ; Maintained by Tim Reynolds (contributor 48314828) .