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♂ Walter W.V. Foster
Record
20705 · 10925

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ∑ ✓ ✗
New Brunswick 2 1 1
Birth 19 June 1908 → 115 years + 5 months ago
Lived 35 years + 10 months
First mandate 27 June 1935 → 88 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 27 years
Death 10 May 1944 → 79 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 5 months after 19 November 1939
Special notes
No
 
Family link with other documented individuals
⊖ Walter E. Foster (1873–1947) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
New Brunswick 4 4 23 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Alfred J. Brooks  m 
⊖ William A. Jeffries  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Colin C. MacDonald  m 
⊖ Harry A. McMackin  m 
 		 ⊖ Jack H.A.L. Fairweather  m 
⊖ Elmer T. Kennedy  m 
⊖ Hugh Mackay  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 30,886 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
38		 New Brunswick
27 June 1935
General
Plurality-at-large
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32375(F) — 6 Aug 2023 10:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
27
LIB
 1/6 5,284 51.33% +186 Loser:
CONS
 5,098 49.52% Jack H.A.L. Fairweather

Service: 4 years 4 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 30,820 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Provincial
39		 New Brunswick
20 November 1939
General
Plurality-at-large
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32392(F) — 14 Jun 2023 23:02 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
31
LIB
 4/6 4,779 46.52% -613 Winner:
CONS
 5,392 52.49% Harry A. McMackin

Online biographical reference

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Walter W.V. Foster		 06 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Aug 2023 21:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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