Stuart Fraser (politician)

Stuart Fraser is a politician in the City of London. He was chair of the Policy and Resources Committee there from 2008 until 2012.{{cite web|last1=Essen|first1=Yvette|title=Stuart Fraser keeps a cool head in the eye of the storm|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/2790939/Stuart-Fraser-keeps-a-cool-head-in-the-eye-of-the-storm.html|website=The Telegraph|accessdate=8 December 2017}} He became involved as a politician following a successful career as a stockbroker. He is a director of Brewin Dolphin.

Fraser was first elected to the Court of Common Council representing Coleman Street Ward in 1992.{{cite web|title=Member details - Stuart John Fraser, CBE|url=https://democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=221|website=democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk|publisher=City of London Corporation|accessdate=8 December 2017|date=8 December 2017}}

When he became chair of the City of London Policy and Resources Committee, he said that he viewed the 2008 financial crisis a "phoney crisis" and said that he "would still like the City of London to dominate the world." In 2010 he claimed to be probably the most effective lobbyist in Britain.{{cite book|last1=Shaxson|first1=Nicholas|title=Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole the World|date=2011|publisher=Random House|location=London|isbn=9781446450147|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C1NhQyTqnbUC&q=Chairman+of+the+Policy+%26+Resources+Committee+City+of+London+2010&pg=PA254|language=en}}

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| title = Chair of the Policy and Resources Committee
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