Fraser Colman | |
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31st Minister of Works and Development | |
In office 26 July 1984 – 15 August 1987 | |
Prime Minister | David Lange |
Preceded by | Tony Friedlander |
Succeeded by | Richard Prebble |
43rd Postmaster-General | |
In office 10 September 1974 – 12 December 1975 | |
Prime Minister | Bill Rowling |
Preceded by | Roger Douglas |
Succeeded by | Hugh Templeton |
37th Minister of Immigration | |
In office 8 December 1972 – 12 December 1975 | |
Prime Minister | Norman Kirk Bill Rowling |
Preceded by | David Thomson |
Succeeded by | Frank Gill |
30th Minister of Mines | |
In office 8 December 1972 – 12 December 1975 | |
Prime Minister | Norman Kirk Bill Rowling |
Preceded by | Les Gandar |
Succeeded by | Eric Holland |
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Pencarrow Petone (1967–1978) | |
In office 15 April 1967 – 15 August 1987 | |
Preceded by | Mick Moohan |
Succeeded by | Sonja Davies |
Personal details | |
Born | Fraser MacDonald Colman 23 February 1925 Wellington, New Zealand |
Died | 11 April 2008 Lower Hutt, New Zealand | (aged 83)
Political party | Labour |
Spouse |
Noeline Jean Allen (m. 1958) |
Children | 4 |
Fraser MacDonald Colman QSO PC (23 February 1925 – 11 April 2008) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He represented the electorates of Petone from 1967 to 1978, and then when Petone was renamed, Pencarrow from 1978 to 1987, when he retired. He was the cabinet minister chosen to represent New Zealand in 1973 on its warships during their protest against the nuclear weapons testing carried out by France.