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FRASER 395
cation, on May 29, 1982. D.C. Fraser (interview, Aug. 1983), Paul O'NeiU (1975), Kirk Smith (letter, June 1982), DN (Nov. 24, 1980; May 14, 1982), ET (July 8, 1966; May 14, 1982), NQ (Apr. 1931), Pilot (Oct. 31, 1979), Newfoundland Historical Society (Douglas Fra¬ ser). BGR
FRASER, JAMES OLIPHANT, JR. (1858-1896). Lawyer; politician. Born St. John's. Son of James Oliphant Fraser Sr. qv. Educated St. John's. Fraser read law and prac¬ tised for several years as a sohcitor before he was called to the Newfoundland Bar on May 23, 1888. He also acted as agent for the Scottish Provident Institution and the Dominion Safety Fund Life Association.
Fraser entered politics in 1893. In that year, he suc¬ cessfully contested Fortune Bay district (which his father had represented as a Liberal supporter of Whiteway from 1878 to 1885), as a Conservative supporter of the Grieve-Monroe party. Fraser was also an enthusiastic sportsman and was actively involved with the Game Pro¬ tection Society. This, in part, led to his appointment to the Select Committee of the Legislature on the Game Laws BUl on March 19, 1894. His seat was not affected by the election trials of 1894 and for several months dur¬ ing that year he was a member of the A.F. Goodridge Administration. He kept his seat in the House of Assem¬ bly untU his death on AprU 22, 1896. Nancy Knight (in¬ terview, June 1982), John Sharpe (1885), ET (Apr. 23, 1896), JHA (1894; 1894-1895), Yearbook (1894). BGR
FRASER, JAMES OLI¬ PHANT, SR. (1826-1904). Businessman; politician. Born Saint John, New Bruns¬ wick. Son of Rev. Donald Alan Fraser and Catherine M. Fraser qqv. Fraser ar¬ rived in St. John's in 1842, joining his father, who had arrived late in 1841 to be¬ come the first Presbyterian clergyman in Newfoundland. After a brief tenure with Rennie, Stewart and Company James Fraser began his own business in 1846, which he operated untU 1868. On April 15, 1864 Prime Minister Hugh Hoyles qv ap¬ pointed Fraser to the Legislative Council. With the es¬ tablishment of the Railway Survey in 1875 he became its financial administrator. In 1877 he collected information to support Newfoundland's case at the Halifax Fisheries Commission.
In 1878 Fraser resigned his seat in the Legislative Council and successfully contested Fortune Bay district as a W.W. Whiteway supporter in the general election of that year. In 1879 he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Works. During his term of office he revised the Board's accounting system. In 1882 he was appointed Surveyor-General. In that position he was successful in introducing a new code of laws governing mineral, agri¬ cultural and timber lands. He retired from active politics in 1885 and was appointed Postmaster General for New¬ foundland. He held that office for seventeen years, dur¬ ing which time he did much to modernize the operation
J.O. Fraser
of the post office. A prolific writer, Fraser was a contri¬ butor to the Newfoundland Quarterly from 1901 to 1904. He died February 14, 1904. Fraser and Templeton (1937), H.Y. Mott (1894), D.W. Prowse (1895), NQ (Mar. 1904). BGR FRASER, DR. NUTTING STUART (1864-1953). Physician. Born St. John's. Son of James O. Fraser, Sr. qv. Educated Methodist Col¬ lege, St. John's; Queen's Univer¬ sity, Kingston; Edinburgh Uni¬ versity, Scotland. After receiving his M.D. in 1886 Fraser worked ^^^^ .m«^ in the Children's Hospital in Lon- WKKML^BIm^ A don before returning to New- ^^- ^'^- P^^^^^ foundland in 1887 to enter private practice. In 1893 he was appointed by the Government to the first medical board formed under the Newfoundland Medical Act (56 Vic., c.. 12). He served on that board for sixty years and was its President from 1928 to 1953. He was a member of the Canadian Medical Association and served as Presi¬ dent of the Newfoundland Medical Association in 1928. He was also Port Doctor and Health Officer for St. John's.
Fraser was also a pioneer in the use of the X-ray as a diagnostic tool in Newfoundland. A conscientious medi¬ cal practitioner, he cared for many patients who lived a far distance from his practice. About 1900 he purchased a motor cycle, the first in Newfoundland, and used it to drive to his patients to save their having to journey to St. John's by horse and cart or on foot. It also allowed him greater speed in emergency cases.
Fraser also had a particular interest in pediatrics, and began what is believed to have been the first children's hospital in Newfoundland when he took over the lease on a smah hospital at the Commissariat House in St. John's in 1919. He operated it as a children's hospital un¬ tU October 1921, when the children were moved to Alex¬ ander Ward at the St. John's General Hospital. He also operated a children's hospital during the 1920s at what was known as the old Sudbury Hospital on Water Street West and donated much of his time to the Child Welfare Centre.
In 1936 he completed a Ph.D. programme at Edin¬ burgh University. He was awarded an Order of the Brit¬ ish Empire for his contribution to health care in New¬ foundland and was also a Fellow of the Royal CoUege of Surgeons. For many years the dean of the medical pro¬ fession in Newfoundland, he died on October 6, 1953. Joyce Nevitt (1978), ET {Oct. 1,1953). BGR FRASER, DR. WILLIAM MACKAY (1833-1889). Physi¬ cian. Born Saint John, New Brunswick. Son of Rev. Donald Allan Fraser qv. Educated St. John's; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fraser came to Newfoundland with his family in 1842. His father, who had arrived the previous December, was the first Pres¬ byterian clergyman in St. John's. Fraser completed his medical training at Harvard and returned to Newfound¬ land where he set up a medical practice at Bay Roberts in 1860. A very respected and trusted doctor, his practice extended far outside the confines of Bay Roberts, taking
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| Transcript | FRASER 395 cation, on May 29, 1982. D.C. Fraser (interview, Aug. 1983), Paul O'NeiU (1975), Kirk Smith (letter, June 1982), DN (Nov. 24, 1980; May 14, 1982), ET (July 8, 1966; May 14, 1982), NQ (Apr. 1931), Pilot (Oct. 31, 1979), Newfoundland Historical Society (Douglas Fra¬ ser). BGR FRASER, JAMES OLIPHANT, JR. (1858-1896). Lawyer; politician. Born St. John's. Son of James Oliphant Fraser Sr. qv. Educated St. John's. Fraser read law and prac¬ tised for several years as a sohcitor before he was called to the Newfoundland Bar on May 23, 1888. He also acted as agent for the Scottish Provident Institution and the Dominion Safety Fund Life Association. Fraser entered politics in 1893. In that year, he suc¬ cessfully contested Fortune Bay district (which his father had represented as a Liberal supporter of Whiteway from 1878 to 1885), as a Conservative supporter of the Grieve-Monroe party. Fraser was also an enthusiastic sportsman and was actively involved with the Game Pro¬ tection Society. This, in part, led to his appointment to the Select Committee of the Legislature on the Game Laws BUl on March 19, 1894. His seat was not affected by the election trials of 1894 and for several months dur¬ ing that year he was a member of the A.F. Goodridge Administration. He kept his seat in the House of Assem¬ bly untU his death on AprU 22, 1896. Nancy Knight (in¬ terview, June 1982), John Sharpe (1885), ET (Apr. 23, 1896), JHA (1894; 1894-1895), Yearbook (1894). BGR FRASER, JAMES OLI¬ PHANT, SR. (1826-1904). Businessman; politician. Born Saint John, New Bruns¬ wick. Son of Rev. Donald Alan Fraser and Catherine M. Fraser qqv. Fraser ar¬ rived in St. John's in 1842, joining his father, who had arrived late in 1841 to be¬ come the first Presbyterian clergyman in Newfoundland. After a brief tenure with Rennie, Stewart and Company James Fraser began his own business in 1846, which he operated untU 1868. On April 15, 1864 Prime Minister Hugh Hoyles qv ap¬ pointed Fraser to the Legislative Council. With the es¬ tablishment of the Railway Survey in 1875 he became its financial administrator. In 1877 he collected information to support Newfoundland's case at the Halifax Fisheries Commission. In 1878 Fraser resigned his seat in the Legislative Council and successfully contested Fortune Bay district as a W.W. Whiteway supporter in the general election of that year. In 1879 he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Works. During his term of office he revised the Board's accounting system. In 1882 he was appointed Surveyor-General. In that position he was successful in introducing a new code of laws governing mineral, agri¬ cultural and timber lands. He retired from active politics in 1885 and was appointed Postmaster General for New¬ foundland. He held that office for seventeen years, dur¬ ing which time he did much to modernize the operation J.O. Fraser of the post office. A prolific writer, Fraser was a contri¬ butor to the Newfoundland Quarterly from 1901 to 1904. He died February 14, 1904. Fraser and Templeton (1937), H.Y. Mott (1894), D.W. Prowse (1895), NQ (Mar. 1904). BGR FRASER, DR. NUTTING STUART (1864-1953). Physician. Born St. John's. Son of James O. Fraser, Sr. qv. Educated Methodist Col¬ lege, St. John's; Queen's Univer¬ sity, Kingston; Edinburgh Uni¬ versity, Scotland. After receiving his M.D. in 1886 Fraser worked ^^^^ .m«^ in the Children's Hospital in Lon- WKKML^BIm^ A don before returning to New- ^^- ^'^- P^^^^^ foundland in 1887 to enter private practice. In 1893 he was appointed by the Government to the first medical board formed under the Newfoundland Medical Act (56 Vic., c.. 12). He served on that board for sixty years and was its President from 1928 to 1953. He was a member of the Canadian Medical Association and served as Presi¬ dent of the Newfoundland Medical Association in 1928. He was also Port Doctor and Health Officer for St. John's. Fraser was also a pioneer in the use of the X-ray as a diagnostic tool in Newfoundland. A conscientious medi¬ cal practitioner, he cared for many patients who lived a far distance from his practice. About 1900 he purchased a motor cycle, the first in Newfoundland, and used it to drive to his patients to save their having to journey to St. John's by horse and cart or on foot. It also allowed him greater speed in emergency cases. Fraser also had a particular interest in pediatrics, and began what is believed to have been the first children's hospital in Newfoundland when he took over the lease on a smah hospital at the Commissariat House in St. John's in 1919. He operated it as a children's hospital un¬ tU October 1921, when the children were moved to Alex¬ ander Ward at the St. John's General Hospital. He also operated a children's hospital during the 1920s at what was known as the old Sudbury Hospital on Water Street West and donated much of his time to the Child Welfare Centre. In 1936 he completed a Ph.D. programme at Edin¬ burgh University. He was awarded an Order of the Brit¬ ish Empire for his contribution to health care in New¬ foundland and was also a Fellow of the Royal CoUege of Surgeons. For many years the dean of the medical pro¬ fession in Newfoundland, he died on October 6, 1953. Joyce Nevitt (1978), ET {Oct. 1,1953). BGR FRASER, DR. WILLIAM MACKAY (1833-1889). Physi¬ cian. Born Saint John, New Brunswick. Son of Rev. Donald Allan Fraser qv. Educated St. John's; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fraser came to Newfoundland with his family in 1842. His father, who had arrived the previous December, was the first Pres¬ byterian clergyman in St. John's. Fraser completed his medical training at Harvard and returned to Newfound¬ land where he set up a medical practice at Bay Roberts in 1860. A very respected and trusted doctor, his practice extended far outside the confines of Bay Roberts, taking |
