Neil Fraser (civil servant)

Neil Fraser is a Canadian former civil servant who came to prominence for his crusade against the Metric system of weights and measures in the early 1980s, which resulted in him being sacked from his post in the Revenue Department in February 1982.[1][2] To promote his campaign, he ran as a candidate for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada at the 1983 leadership convention.[1] He finished last, with only five votes.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Anti-metric man, Neil Fraser, joins race for Tory leadership", Leader-Post, April 6, 1983, p. A13, retrieved 2010-11-25
  2. ↑ "Metric foe can appeal dismissal top court says", Montreal Gazette, February 9, 1983, p. A-8, retrieved 2010-11-25