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♂ Thomas Foster
aliasThomas Foster
Record
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☆   Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 24 July 1852 → 171 years + 9 months ago
Lived 93 years + 4 months
First mandate 17 December 1917 → 106 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 65 years + 4 months
Death 10 December 1945 → 78 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 24 years + 5 days after 5 December 1921
Special notes
None
 
Thomas Foster (1852–1945)
© Photo 1918 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Dying in 1945 at age 93, Foster was buried in a massive mausoleum in Uxbridge, Ontario. The one-term Unionist (Conservative) MP had left $80,000 to maintain the property in perpetuity, but the trustees spent the principal and the funds had dried up by the 1990s. That left the town with the responsibility for the monument and, in 2013, it was estimated that $1 million would be needed to repair and restore the building.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 3 11 18

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Edmond B. Ryckman  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 18,832 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
13		 Ontario
17 December 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UNIO  Majority
ID: 21409(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
65
UNIO
 1/3 9,736 51.70% +3,978 Loser:
LL
 5,758 30.58% Ross C. Cockburn

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 14,930 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
14		 Ontario
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21654(F) — 5 Jul 2023 18:16 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
69
IND
 3/5 3,680 24.65% -1,712 Winner:
NLCP
 5,392 36.12% Edmond B. Ryckman

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas Foster		 21 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Thomas Foster		 21 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Thomas Foster (Canadian politician)		 21 Jan 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Jan 2024 15:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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