George Alain Frecker

George Alain Frecker, OC (June 29, 1905 – September 30, 1979) was a Canadian politician and academic administrator.

He was born in St. Pierre in 1905[2] and moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia at the age of 13.

In 1959 he resigned as the Deputy Minister of Education to become the MHA for the District of Placentia East, a position he held until 1971.

In 1972 he was presented with the Order of Canada medal of service for "excellence in all fields of endeavour in Canadian life".

After his death the Memorial University Campus in St. Pierre was renamed l'Institut Frecker and a French choir in St. John's was renamed Chorale Frecker in his honour.