Editing Fraser Elliott

{{Short description|Canadian lawyer (1921–2005)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Fraser Elliott
| image              = R. Fraser Elliott.jpg
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1921|11|25|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Ottawa, Ontario]]
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2005|1|26|1921|11|25|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Toronto, Ontario]]
| known_for          = [[Stikeman Elliott]]
| education          = [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]] (BCom 1943)<br>[[Osgoode Hall Law School|Osgoode Hall]] (LLB 1946)<br>[[Harvard University]] (MBA 1947)
| spouse             = {{marriage|Elizabeth Ann McNicoll|1955}}
}}

'''Roy Fraser Elliott''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|QC}} (25 November 1921 &ndash; 26 January 2005) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] lawyer, supporter of the arts, and [[philanthropist]].

==Early life and education==

Elliott was born in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], a son to Colin Fraser Elliott (at one time, the Deputy Minister of Finance of Canada) and Marjorie Sypher. His younger sister, [[Marjorie Elliott Sypher]], served as the [[First Lady of Costa Rica]] from 1974 to 1978.<ref name=cp>{{cite news|title=Biografía: Marjorie Elliott Sypher |url=http://cambiopolitico.com/biografia-marjorie-elliott-sypher/63612/ |work=Cambio Politico |date=2015-04-17 |access-date=2015-05-23}}</ref>

He earned a [[Bachelor of Commerce]] degree in 1943 from [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]], a [[Bachelor of Laws]] (LLB) 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.

==Career and other activities==

He founded the law firm of [[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 (company)|CAE]] Industries Ltd. He also served on the boards of [[Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce]], Larfarge Corp., Montreal Shipping Inc. and Standard Broadcasting Corp. Ltd.

He was president of the [[Art Gallery of Ontario]] and served on the boards of directors of the [[Toronto Symphony Orchestra]] and the [[Canadian Opera Company]]. He was Chairman Emeritus of the [[University Health Network|Toronto General and Western Hospital Foundation]]. In 1980, he was made a Member of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>[http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=494&t=12&ln=Elliott Order of Canada]</ref>

In 2001, CAE donated $1,000,000 for the creation of the R. Fraser Elliott Scholarship and Laboratory Program at the ''[[École Polytechnique]]'' and the ''[[Université de Montréal]]''. The Canadian Opera Company's R. Fraser Elliott Hall and the [[University Health Network|Toronto General Hospital]]'s R. Fraser Elliot Wing are named in his honour.

==Family==
He married Elizabeth Ann (Betty-Ann) McNicoll in 1955. They had six children: Fraser; Ann; Allison; Adrian; Jordan; and Alexandra, and, later, 15 grandchildren: Robin, Fraser, Robert, Judith, Virginia, Patrick, Andrew, Sara-Nicole, Elizabeth-Rose, Samantha, Margaret, Charles, Ann, Elizabeth-Ann, Jordan, .{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}

==Further reading==
* ''Stikeman Elliott: The First Fifty Years'', by [[Dick Pound|Richard W. Pound]] (2002, {{ISBN|0-7735-2411-8}}).

==References==
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* {{cite web|title=Fraser Elliott (LLB '46) Founded Stikeman Elliott |work=Osgoode Hall Law School |url=http://osgoode.yorku.ca/media2.nsf/0/e15c05c90fe7983385256f9600650c85?OpenDocument |access-date=January 30, 2005 }}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} 
* {{cite web|title=Mr. R. Fraser Elliott|work=Royal Conservatory of Music|url=http://www.rcmusic.ca/ContentPage.aspx?name=Elliott_donor|access-date=January 30, 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050312032914/http://www.rcmusic.ca/ContentPage.aspx?name=Elliott_donor|archive-date=March 12, 2005}}
* {{cite web|title=CAE director passes away |work=CAE |url=http://www.cae.com/www2004/Press_Releases/2005/new/01272005_investor_ref074.shtml |access-date=January 30, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927120533/http://www.cae.com/www2004/Press_Releases/2005/new/01272005_investor_ref074.shtml |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }} 
* {{cite web|title=R. Fraser Elliott, C.M., M.B.A., Q.C|work=Office of the Secretary to the Governor General|url=http://www.gg.ca/Search/honours_descript_e.asp?type=2&id=494|access-date=January 30, 2005}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{cite web|title=Roy Fraser Elliott, C.M., Q.C. (1921-2005) |work=Stikeman Elliott |url=http://www.stikeman.com/en/lawyers/profile_FraserElliott.cfm |access-date=January 30, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928051103/http://www.stikeman.com/en/lawyers/profile_FraserElliott.cfm |archive-date=September 28, 2007 }}

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