Sir Alexander Fowler Roberts KBE (1882 – 19 March 1961) was a New Zealand businessman, soldier and politician.

During World War I he was stationed in Wellington as a staff embarkation officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

[2] In 1924 he was designated New Zealand commissioner to the British Empire Exhibition held at Wembley Park in London.

He was made a Knight Commander of the British Empire in 1926 for services in connection with the Wembley Exhibition.

Two years later Roberts also declined to seek another term and Strand stood again, succeeding him unopposed.