Andrew Fraser (New South Wales politician)

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Andrew Raymond Gordon Fraser (b. 1952) is an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He was educated in Newcastle at Kahibah Primary and Whitebridge High Schools. He has worked in finance industry and as an insurance broker and has been the proprietor of a take-away food shop and of a caravan park. He is married with three children.[1]

Fraser has represented Coffs Harbour for the National Party of Australia since 1990.[2] He is noted for chasing and grabbing then Minister for Roads, Joe Tripodi, on the floor of the House in September 2005, apparentely in relation to a lack of funding for the main roads, including the Pacific Highway in Coffs Harbour.[3] Recently, the ABC's coverage of the March 2007 election included the caption "Andrew Fraser the strangler won." [4]

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  1. ^ Andrew Fraser. National Party of Australia (New South Wales). Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
  2. ^ Mr Andrew Raymond Gordon Fraser, MP. Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
  3. ^ "Road games: why Andrew Fraser went full throttle", The Sydney Morning Herald, October 22, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-02-19. 
  4. ^ "Ombudsman must strangle ABC bias", The Sydney Morning Herald, March 26, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-04-07. 


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NAME Fraser, Andrew Raymond Gordon
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SHORT DESCRIPTION New South Wales politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1952
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