Thomas Fraser PC (18 February 1911 – 21 November 1988) was a Scottish coal miner and trade unionist, who was a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for the Hamilton constituency between 1943 and 1967.
[3] The economist Sir Alec Cairncross, also a pupil at the school, remembered Fraser as "rather shy, quiet spoken, friendly and unassertive ... not a very conspicuous member of the class, nor one who ever showed the gifts one associates with a political career".
[4] Fraser served as a branch official for his union from 1938 until 1943 and, from 1939 until 1943, was secretary of the Lanark divisional Labour Party.
[12][13] His resignation caused a by-election, which resulted in a historic victory for the Scottish National Party candidate, Winnie Ewing.
He later served on the Wheatley Commission and was in part responsible for the resulting reforms in Scottish local government.