Members’ biographical register

Malcolm Fraser

House

MLC

Party

Date first elected

18 December 1870

Year Retired/Resigned

1890

Electorate(s)

Nominated

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

Nominated MLC 18 December 1870–18 June 1886, 9 June 1887–21 October 1890

Office

Surveyor-General 19 December 1870–5 January 1883
Colonial Secretary 5 January 1883–28 December 1890
Administrator of Western Australia 21 December 1889–19 October 1890

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Birth date

1834

Place of birth

Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Death date

17 August 1900

Cause of death

Place of death

Clifton, England, United Kingdom

Cemetery

Arrived in WA

1870 to WA

Parents

Son of William

Marriage and Family

Married 3 October 1861, St James’ Church, Lower Hutt, New Zealand to Elizabeth Riddiford (born circa 1841 and died 20 December 1896), daughter of Daniel and Amelia
Children: three sons and two daughters

Religion

Church of England

Education

Occupation

Surveyor

Employment History

Surveyor in Auckland, New Zealand 1857-1859 District surveyor Native Land Purchase Department 1859–1863
District surveyor Canterbury West Gold Fields 1863–1867
Chief Surveyor Westland 1867–1869
Re-organised Survey Department
First Agent-General for WA in London April 1892–1898

Local Government

Principal Honours

CMG (1881); KCMG (1897)

Background/Membership

Won repute as naturalist
1874 represented WA at International Conference on Cable Duplication
1883 at Australasian Convention, Sydney
1886 at Colonial and Imperial Exhibition, London
1888 at Intercolonial Conference, Sydney
Retired to London 1890

References

D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2001, p.
FK Crowley, Forrest 1847-1918: Vol I, 1847-91, St Lucia, University of Queensland Press, 1971.
R Erickson, ed, The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, volume II, University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, WA, 1987.
Who Was Who, (1897–1915)

Bibliography

Further Information

F. K. Crowley, 'Fraser, Sir Malcolm (1834–1900)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fraser-sir-malcolm-3570/text5521, published first in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 21 December 2015.