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John A. Fraser (businessman)

John A. Fraser is an Australian businessman and is Chairman and CEO Global Asset Management at UBS AG. Prior to that, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of UBS Asset Management and Head of Asia Pacific. ....

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John A. Fraser (November 6, 1840 – 1908) was a political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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. He represented Victoria County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

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 from 1874 to 1878 and from 1886 to 1894 as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Nova Scotia

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 member.

He was born in Boularderie, Nova Scotia

Boularderie, Nova Scotia

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, the son of the Reverend James Fraser, a missionary for the Church of Scotland

Church of Scotland

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. Fraser was educated in Halifax

City of Halifax

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. He was postmaster for Big Bras D'Or and served as a member of the municipal council. In 1865, he married Frances Helen Platt. Fraser did not run for reelection in 1878 and 1882.