Ian Montagu Fraser (14 October 1916 – 8 November 1987) was a British
Conservative party politician.
Fraser stood for
Tottenham
Tottenham () is a town in North London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Walthams ...
in
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yiji ...
and was defeated.
In the run-up to the
1959 general election he tried to win the Conservative nomination for
Finchley, but at the selection meeting was narrowly defeated by
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first female British prime ...
. At the election he was elected as
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...
for the
Plymouth Sutton constituency. In his time in Parliament he became Parliamentary Private Secretary. He was narrowly re-elected at the
1964 general election
The following elections occurred in 1964.
Africa
* 1964 Cameroonian parliamentary election
* 1964 Central African Republic parliamentary election
* 1964 Central African Republic presidential election
* 1964 Dahomeyan general election
* 1964 Gabo ...
. However he was defeated at the