Andrew Fraser (New South Wales politician)

Andrew Fraser
MP JP
Member of Legislative Assembly of New South Wales
Assumed office
3 November 1990
Preceded by Matt Singleton
Constituency Coffs Harbour
Majority 17.6 points
Personal details
Born (1952-12-19) 19 December 1952
Newcastle, New South Wales
Political party The Nationals
Spouse(s) Kerrie Fraser[1]
Children Three
Occupation Politician

Andrew Raymond Gordon Fraser JP (born 19 December 1952), an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Coffs Harbour for the Nationals since 1990.[2]

Fraser was educated in Newcastle at Kahibah Primary and Whitebridge High Schools. He has worked in finance industry and as an insurance broker and has been the proprietor of a take-away food shop and of a caravan park. He is married with three children.[3]

Fraser is noted for chasing and grabbing then Minister for Roads, Joe Tripodi, on the floor of the House in September 2005, apparently in relation to a lack of funding for the main roads, including the Pacific Highway in Coffs Harbour.[4] The ABC's coverage of the 2007 election included the caption "Andrew Fraser the strangler won." He later became deputy leader of the NSW Nationals from March 2007 to October 2008.[5]

On 3 December 2008, Fraser resigned from the shadow ministry after a physical confrontation with a female colleague, Katrina Hodgkinson.[6]

References

  1. "Andrew Fraser MP". National NSW – Our team. The Nationals (New South Wales). Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  2. "Mr Andrew Raymond Gordon Fraser, MP". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  3. "Andrew Fraser". Meet the State team. National Party of Australia (New South Wales). Archived from the original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  4. Wainright, Robert (22 October 2005). "Road games: why Andrew Fraser went full throttle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  5. Murphy, Damien (26 March 2007). "Ombudsman must strangle ABC bias". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  6. Clennell, Andrew (3 December 2008). "MP quits after physical incident in Parliament". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
Parliament of New South Wales
Preceded by
Matt Singleton
Member for Coffs Harbour
1990  present
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Don Page
Deputy Leader of the
NSW National Party

2007  2008
Succeeded by
Adrian Piccoli
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