He acted as Heffron's media officer and helped formulate the strategy that overcame Lang's control of the branch.

He entered federal parliament at the 1943 election, which gave John Curtin's ALP government a large majority.

A split in the conservative vote knocked United Australia Party incumbent John Perkins into third place, allowing Fraser to become only the second Labor member ever to win the seat.

In the 1966 election Labor's opposition to the war led to its being vanquished in a landslide, and Fraser lost his seat to Liberal challenger Dugald Munro.

He died at Royal Canberra Hospital on 12 December 1977, two days after the 1977 federal election, following several years of heart trouble.