Robert Fraser (c. 1843 – 9 September 1918) was a Mayor of Brisbane and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

He began his working career as an apprentice draper in Tranent, Haddingtonshire, before working as assistant manager and then general manager of McLaren Smith & Co, warehousemen, Glasgow for ten years starting in 1868.

Although opposing the Ministerial Government representatives of T. J. Byrnes and J.J. Kingsbury, both Fraser and his partner, Thomas MacDonald-Paterson, claimed to also be members of the Ministerialist group.

[2] Fraser held the seat for three years before being defeated Edward Forrest by at the 1899 elections.

[4] Fraser was at one-time president of the Tattersalls Club in Brisbane and was a life member of the Queensland Royal Geographical Society.