Frank Foster (Australian politician)

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Francis Foster
Francis Foster.jpg
Member of the Australian Parliament
for New England
In office
12 December 1906 – 31 May 1913
Preceded byEdmund Lonsdale
Succeeded byPercy Abbott
Personal details
Born1872
Sofala, New South Wales
Died9 September 1948 (aged 75–76)
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
OccupationShopkeeper, orchardist

Francis James Foster (1872 – 9 September 1948) was an Australian politician, representing the Division of New England in the House of Representatives for the Australian Labor Party from 1906 to 1913.

Background[]

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.[1]

Politics[]

Foster was an unsuccessful Labor candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for The Macquarie at the 1895 election and 1898 election. He was also unsuccessful at the 1904 election for Gough and the 1904 Bingara by-election.[2] At the 1906 election, he was selected as the Labor candidate for the seat of New England, and went on to defeat Anti-Socialist candidate Edmund Lonsdale.[1] He was re-elected to a second term at the 1910 election, defeating Commonwealth Liberal candidate William Fleming. Twice successful by only small margins, Foster remains the only successful Labor candidate in the history of the seat of New England. He held the seat until his defeat by Commonwealth Liberal candidate Percy Abbott at the 1913 election.[3] He made two attempts for the NSW legislative Assembly, at the 1913 election for Darlinghurst and at the 1917 Macquarie by-election.[2]

He became a company director and died on 9 September 1948(1948-09-09) (aged 75–76).[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Carr, Adam. "Australian Election Archive - 1906 NSW Reps". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Green, Antony. "Index to candidates (Flegg to Frohlich)". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. ^ Carr, Adam. "Australian Election Archive - 1910 NSW Reps". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  4. ^ "Death: Foster, Francis James". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 September 1948. p. 12. Retrieved 13 December 2019 – via Trove.

 

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Edmund Lonsdale 		Member for New England
1906 – 1913 		Succeeded by
Percy Abbott


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