A. A. Joey Fraser

FRASER, A. A. "JOEY", oil company agent; b. 4 February 1920 in Montague, son of Dr. Albert Joseph Fraser of Vernon Bridge and Mabel Parkman of Alberton; m. 28 December 1945 Mary Elizabeth Gill, and they had seven children, Arthur Richard, Allan Gill, Blair John, Gerard Gordon, Robert James, Mary Noreen, and Rita Elizabeth; Roman Catholic; d. 7 August 2001 in Montague. Fraser, a Conservative, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election held 13 July 1981 for 3rd Kings. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1982 and 1986. He was defeated in the general elections of 1979 and 1989. He served on the Montague Town Council. "Joey" Fraser, as he was known, graduated from Montague High School and lived in Montague for the majority of his life. A veteran of the Second World War, he served with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders from 1940 to 1945, and was one of the troops that landed in France on D- Day, 6 June 1944. Fraser worked as an agent for Imperial Oil and retired in 1989. For two years he chaired the United Way Appeal and for 20 years served as chairman of the Red Cross Blood Donor campaign. Fraser was a trustee of Montague High School and the Montague school board. He was a member of St. Mary's Parish Council, as well as the Knights of Columbus and the Royal Canadian Legion. Joey Fraser died on 7 August 2001 in Montague. Mary Fraser, the daughter of Richard Gill of Iona and Maude McGarry, was born 1 November 1919.