Fraser Elliott

Who was Fraser Elliott?

Roy Fraser Elliott, CM was a Canadian lawyer, supporter of the arts, and philanthropist.

Born in Ottawa, Ontario, a son to Colin Fraser Elliott and Marjorie Sypher, he earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1943 from Queen's University, a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1946, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1947. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1946 and the Quebec Bar in 1948. He started Stikeman Elliott, specializing in tax and corporate law, with H. Heward Stikeman in 1952. Stikeman Elliott became and remains one of the largest and most successful law firms in Canada. Fraser convinced the former premier of Ontario, John Robarts, to join the law firm's small Toronto office instead of joining one of several major firms that were wooing him.

He was once chairman of the board, the largest shareholder, and had been a director since 1951 of CAE Industries Ltd.

He served on the boards of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Larfarge Corp., Montreal Shipping Inc. and Standard Broadcasting Corp. Ltd.