Richard Duncan Fraser (ca. 1784 – April 1, 1857) was a fur trader, businessman, farmer and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Quebec around 1784, the son of Thomas Fraser, and grew up in Edwardsburgh Township in Upper Canada. He worked from 1802 to 1806 as a clerk for the North West Company with Duncan Cameron at Lake Nipigon. He returned to Upper Canada in 1807 and settled at Johnstown. He served as lieutenant in the Dundas County Militia during the War of 1812, becoming captain in 1813 and raising his own Troop of Provincial Light Dragoons, and fought at the Battle of Crysler's Farm. Fraser was named justice of the peace in the Johnstown District in 1816. In 1818, he was fined for an assault on Robert Gourlay who was holding meetings in the eastern part of Upper Canada. He