Hew Fraser

Hew Fraser
Personal information
Born (1877-07-25)25 July 1877
Glasgow, Scotland
Died 11 August 1938(1938-08-11) (aged 61)
Boat of Garten, Scotland
Playing position Half-back
Senior career
Years Team
1906 Nondescripts
1907 Edinburgh Univ[1]
1908–1912 Carlton Edinburgh[2]
1913 Hawick
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
1906–1910 Scotland
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing  Great Britain
Bronze medal – third place 1908 London Team competition

Hew Thomson Fraser (25 July 1877 – 11 August 1938) was a field hockey player and British Liberal Party politician from Scotland.

Biography

Fraser was born in Glasgow[3] and educated at Tayport Public School.[4]

In 1908, he competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal as member of the Scotland Hockey team.[5]

He moved to London in 1920. He worked as an Insurance Broker.[6]

He was Liberal parliamentary candidate for the Wood Green Division of Middlesex from 1929 to 1938. He fought the 1929 General Election, coming second, pushing the Labour candidate into third place.

Wood Green in the county of Middlesex, showing boundaries used 1929-35
General Election 1929: Wood Green[7] Electorate 71,445
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Rt Hon. Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson 24,821 47.6
Liberal Hew Thomson Fraser 14,995 28.7
Labour E P Bell 12,360 23.7
Majority 9,826 18.9
Turnout 73.0
Unionist hold Swing

Following the formation of the National Government in 1931, there was another General Election. As the Liberals and Conservatives were partners in that government, the Wood Green Liberal Association decided not to oppose the sitting Conservative MP. At the following General Election, after the Liberals had moved into opposition, Fraser again contested Wood Green for the Liberals, but this time finished third.

General Election 1935: Wood Green[8] Electorate 84,841
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Beverley Baxter 36,384 62.0
Labour Miss Dorothy Woodman 14,561 24.8
Liberal Hew Thomson Fraser 7,711 13.2
Majority 21,823 37.2
Turnout 58,656 69.1
Conservative hold Swing

After his death, his wife remained active for the Liberals in Wood Green.[9]

References

  1. ^ "International Hockey". Dundee Courier. 11 February 1907. Retrieved 5 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Ireland v. Scotland". Scottish Referee. 9 March 1908. Retrieved 5 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1929
  4. ^ "Huw Fraser". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Hew Fraser". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  6. ^ The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1929
  7. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  8. ^ "Politics Science Resources". 12 October 2022.
  9. ^ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
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