Thomas Fraser (27 December 1807 – 24 June 1891) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.
He joined the East India Company at age 16 as a member of the 7th Bengal Cavalry.
[1][2] In Otago, Fraser settled on a sheep station in the Shag Valley; located off what is now State Highway 85 roughly half-way between Dunback and Morrisons.
[3] He was appointed onto the executive committee of the Otago Provincial Council in 1868 and was deputy-superintendent under James Macandrew.
[3] His son, John F. M. Fraser, married a daughter of Richard Davies Ireland Q.C.