Roy Fraser Elliott (November 25, 1921 - January 26, 2005) 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 in 1943 from Queen's University and a LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1946. He then earned an MBA in 1947 from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. 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.
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.
He was president of the Art Gallery of Ontario, served on the Board of Directors of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and the Canadian Opera Company. He was Chairman Emeritus of the Toronto General and Western Hospital Foundation.
In 2001, CAE donated $1 million 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 is named in his honour.
In 1980 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
He married Elizabeth Ann (Betty-Ann) McNicoll in 1955. They had six children: Fraser, Ann, Allison, Adrian, Jordan and Alexandra.
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