Duncan Cameron Fraser (1 October 1845 – 27 September 1910) was a

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lawyer, politician, judge, and the

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. He was born in

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, the son of Alexander Fraser and Ann Chisholm. He studied at

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, went on to article in law, was admitted to the bar in 1873 and set up practice in

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. He married Bessie Grant Graham in 1878. In the same year, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly. Fraser was a member of the province's Legislative Council from 1887 to 1891, also serving as a minister without portfolio in the Executive Council. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of

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in the 1891 federal election. A

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, he was re-elected in the

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and

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elections. From 1904 to 1906, he was a judge of the

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. In 1906, he was appointed lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia and served until his death in 1910. His daughter, Margaret Marjory Fraser, was a nursing sister in

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. She, then 33 years old, served as the matron of the 14 nurses on the last voyage of the

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'' HMHS Llandovery Castle'' when it was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in 1918. All of the 14 nurses died. His son, Lieut. James Gibson Laurier Fraser, was killed in action in France on 4 March 1918, aged 22; another son,

Alistair Fraser Alistair Fraser (March 15, 1885 – January 24, 1964) was the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, from 1952 to 1958. Fraser was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia."Alistair Fraser, MC winner served in vice-regal post", ''Globe and Mail'', ...

, served as Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia from 1952 to 1958. File:Margaret Marjory (Pearl) Fraser.png, Nursing Matron Margaret Fraser

Electoral record

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