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♂ Maurice Brydon Foster
aliasMaurice Brydon Foster
Record
20691 · 85

  
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 0 7
Birth 8 September 1933 → 90 years + 8 months ago
Lived 77 years
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 34 years + 9 months
Death 2 October 2010 → 13 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 11 months after 24 October 1993
Special notes
None
 
Maurice Brydon Foster (1933–2010)
© Photo 1988 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
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Deputy Minister ✗
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Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 25 3 23

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Bernt Nicole Gilbertson  m 
 		 ⊖ Ronald S. Ritchie  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,869 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9957(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
34
LIB
 1/3 9,542 50.57% +4,272 Loser:
PC
 5,270 27.93% John D. McPhail

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 29,664 Votes: 22,138 Participation: 74.63% Candidacies: 5
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10212(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
LIB
 1/5 10,160 45.89% +3,439 Loser:
PC
 6,721 30.36% Dale Burley

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 30,937 Votes: 21,927 Participation: 70.88% Candidacies: 4
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10476(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/4 11,360 52.02% +6,120 Loser:
NDP
 5,240 24.00% Hughene MacDonald

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 51,402 Votes: 33,918 Participation: 65.99% Candidacies: 4
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4412(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
LIB
 1/4 15,277 45.04% +4,288 Loser:
NDP
 10,989 32.40% Jim Dinner

Service: 8 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 51,402 Votes: 34,618 Participation: 67.35% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4130(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/5 17,432 50.54% +6,170 Loser:
NDP
 11,262 32.65% Jim Dinner

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 54,225 Votes: 37,104 Participation: 68.43% Candidacies: 4
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3844(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/4 14,113 38.26% +1,302 Loser:
PC
 12,811 34.73% Jim Reed

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 31,490 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3549(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/3 16,766 53.24% +9,383 Loser:
PC
 7,383 23.45% Jim Reed

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 47,706 Votes: 31,539 Participation: 66.11% Candidacies: 5
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3250(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
LIB
 18,218 58.05% Brent J. St. Denis

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Maurice Brydon Foster, M.P.		 26 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Maurice Brydon Foster, député		 26 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Maurice Foster (politician)		 26 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Mar 2024 20:27 (but data presented dynamically)

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