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♂ Andrew E. Foster
aliasAndrew E. Foster
Record
20654 · 14490

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 2 3 5
Birth 12 October 1870 → 153 years + 6 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 + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 20 years + 3 months after 26 July 1936
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

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 H. Buck  m 
⊖ Thomas W. 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		 06 Aug 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Foster, Andrew Edmond		 06 Aug 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Andrew Edmond Foster (1867-1956)		 06 Aug 2023
EN Wikipedia
Andrew Foster (politician)		 06 Aug 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Aug 2023 21:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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