About Graham Fraser
Lived 1846 – 1915 (aged 69). Graham Fraser was a Canadian industrialist and politician.
Graham Fraser (August 12, 1846 – December 25, 1915) was a Canadian industrialist.
Career With George Forrest McKay, he founded Hope Iron Works, a company specialized in ironing ships. The company changed name to the Nova Scotia Forge Company thereafter. With the decline of the wooden shipbuilding industry, the company diversified to also create other pieces of metal. He was elected mayor of New Glasgow in 1910, a position he held until his death in 1915.
Legacy In the 1960s, a cairn showing Fraser and McKay was unveiled in Trenton, Nova Scotia by then Premier Robert Stanfield to honor these "pioneers of the Canadian steel industry".
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Who was Graham Fraser?
XIX Century Canadian industrialist
When was Graham Fraser born?
Graham Fraser was born on 12 August 1846 in New Glasgow.
When did Graham Fraser die?
Graham Fraser died on 25 December 1915 in New Glasgow.
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Graham Fraser was an industrialist and politician.
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Graham Fraser was Canadian.
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