Preceded by Edmund Lonsdale Name Francis Foster Succeeded by Percy Abbott Party Australian Labor Party | Died September 9, 1948 Nationality Australian Role Australian Politician Resigned May 31, 1913 | |
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Political party Australian Labor Party Occupation Shopkeeper, orchardist | ||
Francis James Foster (1872 – 9 September 1948) was an Australian politician. Born in Sofala, New South Wales, he received a primary education, and held various jobs including a miner, farmhand and teacher. He then became a shopkeeper and orchardist in Inverell.
In 1906, he was selected as the Australian Labor Party (ALP) candidate for the Australian House of Representatives seat of New England, and defeated Edmund Lonsdale, the Anti-Socialist MP. Foster is the only ALP member to have represented the electorate of New England and held it until his defeat in 1913, after which he became a company director. He died in 1948.
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