Malcolm Fraser

Also known as John Malcolm Fraser, The Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser

Australian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (1930-2015)

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John Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015) was an Australian politician and head of government. A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, he served as Prime Minister of Australia and Minister for Defence. Born in Toorak, Fraser was educated at Magdalen College and worked in Canberra. He was a candidate in the 1975 Australian federal election.

Fraser spoke and wrote in English. He received the Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class. He had four children and died in Melbourne.

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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

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1950-10-07

Discography

Rainbow Theme and Windy Day1973

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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 12,130x
InterProScan 5: genome-scale protein function classification
· 2014 · cited 9,053x
Ultra-high-throughput microbial community analysis on the Illumina HiSeq and MiSeq platforms
· 2012 · cited 8,051x
Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
· 2007 · cited 7,930x
<i>Gaia</i> Data Release 2
· 2018 · cited 7,446x

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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."”

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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

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

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