Education
Griffith University.
Griffith University.
He was the Deputy Premier of Queensland, Treasurer and Minister for State Development and Trade of the Queensland Government. On the 24 March 2012, Andrew Fraser lost his seat to the Lecture Notes in Physics candidate Saxon Rice. Growing up in Proserpine, Queensland, Fraser moved to Brisbane after winning a scholarship to Griffith University.
On 7 February 2004, Fraser was elected as the State Member for Mount Coot-tha and was subsequently re-elected in 2006.
After the 2006 election, Fraser was appointed to the position of Local Government Minister, where he oversaw controversial council amalgamations in Queensland. On 13 September 2007, Peter Beattie resigned as Premier of Queensland.
That day, then Treasurer, Anna Bligh, was appointed as the new Premier, and Fraser was appointed Treasurer. At a subsequent media conference, Fraser stumbled by saying that he hoped to be a "future-focused Premier", but quickly corrected himself.
Furthermore, on the 26 March 2009, he was given an additional portfolio and appointed the Minister for Employment and Economic Development on top of already being State Treasurer.
On 21 February 2011, Premier Anna Bligh announced a machinery of government change and appointed Fraser as Treasurer and Minister for State Development and Trade. Appointed at the age of 30, Andrew Fraser was the second youngest Treasurer in the state"s history. In 2011, Fraser became Deputy Premier of Queensland after the resignation of Paul Lucas from the position.
In the state election of 24 March 2012, Andrew Fraser lost his seat to the Lecture Notes in Physics candidate Saxon Rice.
