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♂ James L. Foster
aliasJim Foster
Record
20677 · 3216

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 1 3
Birth c. 1942
Age ± 82 years
First mandate 30 August 1971 → 52 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age ± 29 years
 
Mandate ended 45 years + 2 months ago (13 March 1979)
Special notes
None
 
James L. (Jim) Foster (c.1942– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 7 6 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ William Ure  m 
 
 
Eligible: 19,677 Votes: 13,284 Participation: 67.51% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
16		 Alberta
23 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 13165(F) — 6 Aug 2023 21:16 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±25
PC
 2/4 4,628 34.98% -1,538 Winner:
SC
 6,166 46.61% William K. Ure
Eligible: 14,686 Votes: 10,425 Participation: 70.99% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13090(F) — 6 Aug 2023 21:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±29
PC
 1/4 4,994 48.00% +1,367 Loser:
SC
 3,627 34.86% Fulton Rollings

Service: 3 years 6 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,996 Votes: 9,988 Participation: 58.77% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
18		 Alberta
26 March 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13016(F) — 6 Aug 2023 21:16 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±33
PC
 1/4 6,566 65.86% +5,028 Loser:
SC
 1,538 15.43% Cecil Spiers

Service: 3 years 11 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,640 Votes: 13,275 Participation: 56.15% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Alberta
14 March 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12937(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±37		 Successor:
PC
 5,727 43.22% Norman F. Magee

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Honourable James L. Foster, ECA, KC		  6 May 2024
EN Wikipedia
James L. Foster		  6 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 May 2024 07:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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