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♂ Eric B. Foster
aliasEric B. Foster
Record
20664 · 6219

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 3 1 4
Birth c. 1949
Age ± 75 years
First mandate 12 May 2009 → 14 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 60 years
 
Mandate ended 3 years + 6 months ago (23 October 2020)
Special notes
None
 
Eric B. Foster (c.1949– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — 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
British Columbia 11 5 10 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Harwinder K. Sandhu  f 
 
 
Eligible: 45,410 Votes: 24,400 Participation: 53.73% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
39		 British Columbia
12 May 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8241(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±60
LIB
 1/6 9,015 37.27% +1,317 Loser:
NDP
 7,698 31.83% Mark S. Olsen

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 47,129 Votes: 27,056 Participation: 57.41% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
40		 British Columbia
14 May 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8332(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±64
LIB
 1/5 12,503 46.34% +3,270 Loser:
NDP
 9,233 34.22% Mark S. Olsen

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 48,444 Votes: 28,565 Participation: 58.96% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
41		 British Columbia
9 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 NDP  29 Jun 2017
ID: 8356(F) — 4 Jul 2023 23:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±68
LIB
 1/4 13,625 47.87% +5,270 Loser:
NDP
 8,355 29.36% Barry C. Dorval
After his election:
29 Jun 2017 ±68
LIB
 →
NDP
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 5 months 14 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 52,479 Votes: 28,052 Participation: 53.45% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
42		 British Columbia
24 October 2020
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 35612(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±71
LIB
 2/4 9,798 35.05% -424 Winner:
NDP
 10,222 36.56% Harwinder K. Sandhu

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Eric Foster (politician)		 09 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  9 Feb 2024 20:05 (but data presented dynamically)

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