Fraser MacDonald Colman QSO PC (23 February 1925 – 11 April 2008) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

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.

[1] Upon leaving school he found employment as a boilermaker at the firm of William Cables; he worked in that profession for 13 years.

He held the position until he was persuaded to stand for Labour in the by-election for the Petone electorate in 1967 following the death in office of Mick Moohan, its existing MP.

[7] In 1973 the government decided to dispatch a Royal New Zealand Navy frigate to protest against French nuclear testing on Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific.

It was decided that a cabinet minister should accompany the frigate to demonstrate the seriousness of the New Zealand government's position.

He departed from Auckland on 28 June aboard HMNZS Otago, which reached Mururoa a month later where he witnessed the first atmospheric test.

Colman transferred to HMNZS Canterbury when it arrived to relieve the Otago, from which he witnessed the second French atmospheric test.

[1] He ended the policy of the Muldoon Government of outsourcing works projects to contractors which he had previously been critical of.