James Fraser (Western Australian Politician)

James Fraser (Western Australian Politician)

James McIntosh Fraser (12 March 1889 – 27 August 1961) was an Australian trade unionist and politician.

Fraser was born in Forres, Morayshire, Scotland and educated locally. He emigrated to Australia and married Ellen Simmons in April 1912 in Perth. He was turned down for military service during World War I and instead returned to a position at the Royal Arsenal in London, where he had worked before emigrating. After the war he returned to Perth as a motorman with the Western Australian Government Tramways and he became an officer of the Tramway Employees' Union.