Colin Fraser (Canadian politician)

Colin Fraser (born July 27, 1978) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of West Nova in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election. He did not seek re-election in the 2019 Canadian federal election.^[1][2]

Colin Fraser
Member of Parliament for West Nova
In office October 19, 2015 – September 11, 2019
Preceded by	Greg Kerr
Succeeded by	Chris d'Entremont
Personal details
Born	(1978-07-27) July 27, 1978 (age 47) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Political party	Liberal
Alma mater	Carleton University Dalhousie University
Profession	Lawyer

Early life and education

Fraser was born in Yarmouth to Hugh Jon and Sharon Fraser. His father died of leukemia before Colin was 6.^[3] In 1996, he graduated from Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School and he then graduated from Carleton University in 2000 majoring in Political Science. He studied law in London, England and then graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 2007 with a Bachelor of Laws.

Legal career

He is a lawyer and partner at Yarmouth law firm Hood Fraser D’Entremont.

Political career

Elected in 2015, Fraser sponsored the private member bill, Bill C-311, which added the word legal to the Holidays Acts description of Remembrance Day.^[4]

Electoral record

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: West Nova
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Colin Fraser	28,775	62.99	+26.60	$87,337.64
	Conservative	Arnold LeBlanc	11,916	26.09	–20.95	$41,005.69
	New Democratic	Greg Foster	3,084	6.75	–6.36	$25,617.41
	Green	Clark Walton	1,904	4.17	+0.71	$2,291.24
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,679	100.00		$210,111.37
Total rejected ballots			271	0.59
Turnout			45,950	68.79
Eligible voters			66,796
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+23.78
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]