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Tom Fraser was born on 18 February, 1911, is a Scottish coal miner and trade unionist. Discover Tom Fraser's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?
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Thomas Fraser (18 February 1911 – 21 November 1988) was a Scottish coal miner and trade unionist, who was a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for the Hamilton constituency between 1943 and 1967.
He was the son of Thomas and Mary Fraser of Kirkmuirhill, Lanarkshire.
He was educated at Lesmahagow Higher Grade School until the age of 14, when he began work as miner, working underground until his entry to parliament.
The economist Sir Alec Cairncross, also a pupil at the school, remembered Fraser as "rather shy, quiet spoken, friendly and unassertive ... not a very conspicuous member of the class, nor one who ever showed the gifts one associates with a political career."
In 1935, Fraser married Janet Scanlon of Lesmahagow.
They had a son and a daughter.
Fraser served as a branch official for his union from 1938 until 1943 and, from 1939 until 1943, was secretary of the Lanark divisional Labour Party.
He entered parliament at the 1943 Hamilton by-election, defeating an independent candidate by over 8,000 votes and polling 81.1% of the votes cast.
Following the Labour Party's victory in the 1945 general election, he was appointed as Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland and held the post until his party lost power in 1951 general election.
In opposition, Fraser served as Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland "for many years."
Following Labour's victory in the 1964 general election he served as Minister of Transport from 16 October 1964 until 23 December 1965.
He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1964.
He later served on the Wheatley Commission and was in part responsible for the resulting reforms in Scottish local government.
In December 1965 he introduced the 70 mph (113 km/h) speed limit on motorways as an emergency measure, following a series of multiple low-speed crashes on motorways, mainly in fog.
During his tenure as minister, he authorised the closure 1071 mi of railway lines, following the recommendations from the Beeching Report, including lines, notably the Oxford to Cambridge Line, that Beeching had not considered closing.
On the other hand, he also rejected closure proposals for such lines as the West Highland Line between Fort William and Mallaig.
In May 1967, he resigned from Parliament to become chairman of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board.
His resignation paved the way for a by-election which resulted in a historic victory for the Scottish National Party candidate, Winnie Ewing.
He retired to Lesmahagow, where he had previously been employed as a miner, and died in Law Hospital in 1988 after a brief illness.
When he died, one of his successors for the seat, George Robertson, noted there was still "immense respect" for him in Hamilton.