Colin Fraser (born July 27, 1978) is a

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politician, who was elected to represent the riding of

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in the House of Commons of Canada in the

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. Despite winning by the largest margin in the riding's history, he did not seek re-election in the 2019 Canadian federal election.

Early life and education

Fraser was born in Yarmouth to Hugh Jon and Sharon Fraser. His father died of

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before Colin was 6. In 1996, he graduated from Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School and he then graduated from

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning Worl ...

in 2000 majoring in Political Science. He studied law in London, England and then graduated from

Dalhousie Law School , mottoeng = "Law is the source of light" , endowment = , staff = , faculty = 119 , dean = Camille Cameron , head_label = , head = , doctoral = , students = 500 , city ...

in 2007 with a

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Legal career

He was a lawyer and partner at a Yarmouth firm until his election.

Political career

Elected in 2015, Fraser sponsored the private member bill
Bill C-311
which added the word ''legal'' to the ''Holidays Act''s description of

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Electoral record

References

External links

Official Website
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