Victor Fischer

Victor Fischer (May 2, 1924 – October 22, 2023) was a German-born American politician from the state of Alaska. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention that drafted Alaska's constitution in 1955 and 1956. After the death of its Secretary Katie Hurley in 2021, Fischer was the last surviving participant in the constitutional convention. Fischer later served in the Alaska Senate, as president of the University of Alaska Institute of Social and Economic Research, and as assistant secretary of the Housing and Home Finance Agency.

Political career Fischer served as Anchorage's Planning Director from 1950 to 1955. Fischer was a vocal supporter of Alaskan statehood, serving as vice president of the pro-statehood group Operation Statehood. He was elected as a delegate to the Alaskan Constitutional Convention in 1955 and was the chair of the convention's Local Government Committee, which established the borough system. He was also elected to the final session of the Alaskan territorial legislature in 1956 and unsuccessfully sought a seat in the Alaska Senate in 1960.