Appointed by Robert Borden Role Politician Resigned May 1, 1931 Name George Foster Succeeded by Charles Ballantyne | Political party Conservative Education McGill University Preceded by Robert Mackay Died May 1, 1931 Children George Buchanan Foster | |
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Born January 21, 1860
Knowlton, Canada East ( 1860-01-21 ) Party Conservative Party of Canada | ||
George Green Foster (January 21, 1860 – May 1, 1931) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
Born in Knowlton, Canada East, the son of Samuel E. Foster and Ellen Green, Foster was educated at Knowlton Academy and McGill University (B.C.L., 1881). He was called to the Quebec bar in 1881 and was created a Queen's Counsel in 1896. His son George Buchanan Foster was a World War I flying ace.
Foster was the Conservative candidate in Brome in the 1896 federal election but was defeated by Liberal Sydney A. Fisher.
He was summoned to the Senate of Canada in 1917 on the advice of Conservative Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden and served until his death in 1931.
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