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♂ Andrew Edmond Foster
aliasAndrew Foster
Record
20654 · 14490

United Church     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 3 5
Birth 12 October 1870 → 153 years + 7 months ago
Lived 86 years
First mandate 18 July 1922 → 101 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 9 months
Death 5 November 1956 → 67 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 3 months after 26 July 1936
Special notes
None
 
Andrew Edmond Foster (1867–1956)
© Photo Archives of Manitoba via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Elections or appointments outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Co. Council Killarney, Manitoba
School Board ✓
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 9 0 18 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas Buck  m 
⊖ Thomas Waldon  m 
 		 ⊖ John B. Laughlin  m  (4 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 2,695 Votes: 2,090 Participation: 77.55% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Manitoba
18 July 1922
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37209(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
PROG
 1/3 949 45.41% +202 Loser:
CONS
 747 35.74% Thomas W. Waldon

Service: 4 years 11 months 9 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,814 Votes: 2,123 Participation: 75.44% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
18		 Manitoba
28 June 1927
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  PROG  Majority
ID: 37307(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
PROG
 2/2 934 43.99% -255 Winner:
CONS
 1,189 56.01% John B. Laughlin
Eligible: 3,646 Votes: 3,052 Participation: 83.71% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
19		 Manitoba
16 June 1932
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Majority
ID: 37357(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
61
LIBP
 1/2 1,571 51.47% +90 Loser:
CONS
 1,481 48.53% John B. Laughlin

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 3,891 Votes: 3,201 Participation: 82.27% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
20		 Manitoba
27 July 1936
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  LIBP  Minority
ID: 37407(F) — 16 Sep 2022 07:58 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
65
LIBP
 2/2 1,326 41.95% -509 Winner:
CONS
 1,835 58.05% John B. Laughlin
Eligible: 3,528 Votes: 2,229 Participation: 63.18% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
21		 Manitoba
22 April 1941
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  COAL  Majority
ID: 37453(F) — 29 Dec 2022 17:45 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
70
ILIB
 2/2 814 36.52% -601 Winner:
CONS
 1,415 63.48% John B. Laughlin

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Foster, Andrew Edmond		 14 May 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Foster, Andrew Edmond		 14 May 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Andrew Edmond Foster (1867-1956)		 14 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
Andrew Foster (politician)		 14 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 May 2024 19:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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