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♂ Walter E. Foster
aliasWalter E. Foster
Record
20704 · 10097

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
New Brunswick 2 2 4
Total 2 3 5
Birth 9 April 1873 → 151 years ago
Lived 74 years + 7 months
First mandate 23 April 1917 → 107 years + 5 days ago
↳ at age 44 years
Death 14 November 1947 → 76 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 9 months after 1 February 1923
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Walter W.V. Foster (1908–1944) Son  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 5 9 8 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 33–35
LIB
 1 Party leader 43–49 01 Jul 1916 — 01 Feb 1923 6 7 0
2. NB 34–35
LIB
 1 Premier 43–49 24 Feb 1917 — 01 Feb 1923 5 11 8
3. CA 14
LIB
 1 Minister 52 26 Sep 1925 — 12 Nov 1925 0 1 17
 3. Secretary of State of Canada

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
15 documented challengers
⊖ John B.M. Baxter  m 
⊖ Allister F. Bentley  m 
⊖ Thomas B. Carson  m 
⊖ Robert T. Hayes  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles B. Lockhart  m 
⊖ Frank L. Potts  m 
⊖ William E. Scully  m 
⊖ John E. Wilson  m 
 		 ⊖ Thomas Bell  m 
⊖ John R. Campbell  m 
⊖ Philip Grannan  m 
⊖ James Lewis  m 
⊖ Murray MacLaren  m 
⊖ William F. Roberts  m 
⊖ Leonard P.D. Tilley  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 29,088 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
33		 New Brunswick
20 June 1912
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32257(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
39
LIB
 5/8 2,488 34.21% -2,350 Winner:
IND
 4,838 66.53% Philip Grannan
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,190 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
24 February 1917
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32284(F) — 14 Jun 2023 21:59 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
43
LIB
 3/4 1,000 47.73% -83 Winner:
CONS
 1,083 51.69% Thomas B. Carson
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
23 April 1917
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32291(F) — 14 Oct 2022 07:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
44
LIB
 2/2 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 5 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 45,933 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
35		 New Brunswick
9 October 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32305(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
47
LIB
 2/8 6,105 53.17% +534 Loser:
CONS
 5,571 48.52% Leonard P.D. Tilley
After his election:
1 Feb 1923 49
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 years 3 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 57,380 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 8
Provincial
36		 New Brunswick
10 August 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (4)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32331(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:56 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
CONS
 7,326 51.07% Miles E. Agar
Eligible: 41,028 Votes: 46,656 Participation: 56.86% Candidacies: 4
Federal
15		 New Brunswick
29 October 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21841(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:56 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
52
LIB
 3/4 9,348 40.07% -4,902 Winner:
LC
 14,250 61.09% Thomas Bell

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Walter Edward Foster		 24 Oct 2023
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Foster, Walter Edward		 24 Oct 2023
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Walter Edward Foster, P.C., Senator		 24 Oct 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Walter Edward Foster, C.P., sénateur		 24 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Walter Edward Foster		 24 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
Walter Edward Foster		 24 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Oct 2023 16:51 (but data presented dynamically)

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