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Malcolm Fraser
Sign in to saveAlso known as John Malcolm Fraser, The Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser
Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (1930-2015)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1733?
- Died
- 1815
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Extract from a manuscript journal, relating to the operations before Quebec in 1759, kept by Colonel Malcolm Fraser, then Lieutenant of the 78th (Fraser's Highlanders) and serving in that campaign. --
- Beekeeping in antiquity
- Extract from a manuscript journal, relating to the siege of Quebec in 1759, kept by Colonel Malcolm Fraser, then lieutenant of the 78th (Fraser's Highlanders), and serving in that campaign
- To the Stutterer, No. 9
- Extract from a manuscript journal relating to the siege of Quebec in 1759
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1950-10-07
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
· 2021 · cited 11,613x
- InterProScan 5: genome-scale protein function classification
· 2014 · cited 8,795x
- Ultra-high-throughput microbial community analysis on the Illumina HiSeq and MiSeq platforms
· 2012 · cited 7,936x
- Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
· 2007 · cited 7,910x
- <i>Gaia</i> Data Release 2
· 2018 · cited 7,373x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “"Life wasn't meant to be easy."”
- “"The prime minister, because of his unreasoned drive to get his own way, his obstinacy, impetuous and emotional reactions, has imposed strains upon the Liberal Party, the government and the public service. I do not believe he is fit to hold the great office of prime minister, and I cannot serve in his government."”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Monarch
- Elizabeth II
- Governors general
- John Kerr Zelman Cowen Ninian Stephen
- Deputy
- Doug Anthony
- Preceded by
- Gough Whitlam
- Succeeded by
- Bob Hawke
- Prime minister
- Gough Whitlam
- Born
- John Malcolm Fraser , ( 1930-05-21 ) 21 May 1930, Melbourne , Victoria, Australia
- Died
- 20 March 2015 (2015-03-20) (aged 84), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Resting place
- Melbourne General Cemetery
- Party
- Liberal (until 2010)
- Spouse
- Tamara "Tamie" Beggs ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 9 December 1956</span>"}]]}'>1956 )
- Parent
- Neville Fraser (father)
- Relatives
- Simon Fraser Sr. (grandfather) Simon Fraser Jr. (uncle)
- Education
- Magdalen College, Oxford
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Malcolm Fraser 1966.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Malcolm Fraser
- date of birth
- 1930-05-21
- date of death
- 2015-03-20
- name in native language
- John Malcolm Fraser
via Wikidata · CC0
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Article
John Malcolm Fraser (/ˈfreɪzər/; 21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian farmer and politician who was the 22nd prime minister of Australia, serving from 1975 to 1983. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, and is the fourth longest-serving prime minister in Australian history.
Fraser was raised on his father's sheep stations, and after studying at Magdalen College, Oxford, returned to Australia to take over the family property in the Western District of Victoria. After an initial defeat in 1954, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives at the 1955 federal election, as a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Wannon. He was 25 at the time, making him one of the youngest people ever elected to parliament. He is the latest Prime Minister as of 2025 to represent a rural constituency. When Harold Holt became prime minister in 1966, Fraser was appointed Minister for the Army. After Holt's disappearance and replacement by John Gorton, Fraser became Minister for Education and Science (1968–1969) and then Minister for Defence (1969–1971). In 1971, Fraser resigned from cabinet and denounced Gorton as "unfit to hold the great office of prime minister"; this precipitated the replacement of Gorton with William McMahon. He subsequently returned to his old education and science portfolio.