Maurice Foster (politician)

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Maurice Brydon Foster
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Algoma
In office
1968–1993
Preceded byElectoral district created in 1966
Succeeded byBrent St. Denis
Personal details
Born(1933-09-08)September 8, 1933
Bloomfield, Ontario, Canada
DiedOctober 2, 2010(2010-10-02) (aged 77)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Janet Kerr
CommitteesChair, Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs (1972)
Chair, Standing Committee on Northern Pipelines
Chair, Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections
Portfolio• Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Privy Council (1974)
• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources (1974–1976)
• Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board (1984)

Maurice Brydon Foster (September 8, 1933 – October 2, 2010) was a Canadian veterinarian and politician. He represented the electoral district of Algoma in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1993. He was a member of the Liberal Party.[1]

Born in Bloomfield, Ontario, Foster attended the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph and received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1957. He then moved to Carnduff, Saskatchewan where he practiced as a veterinarian. In 1959, he moved to Desbarats near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.[2]

In 1968, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Algoma. After retiring in 1993, he served as an adviser to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. He retired in 2001.[2]

He died in 2010 after a three-year battle with pulmonary fibrosis.[2]

Electoral record[]

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1988 Canadian federal election: Algoma
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Maurice Foster 16,766 53.24
Progressive Conservative Jim Reed 7,383 23.45
New Democratic Lloyd Greenspoon 7,341 23.31
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1984 Canadian federal election: Algoma
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Maurice Foster 14,113 38.26
Progressive Conservative Jim Reed 12,811 34.73
New Democratic Rocco Frangione 9,499 25.75
Not affiliated Harold Bruzas 462 1.25
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1980 Canadian federal election: Algoma
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Maurice Foster 17,432 50.54
New Democratic Jim Dinner 11,262 32.65
Progressive Conservative Bernt Gilbertson 5,633 16.33
Libertarian Leslie T. Reid 113 0.33
Marxist–Leninist David Grey 49 0.14
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1979 Canadian federal election: Algoma
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Maurice Foster 15,277 45.04
New Democratic Jim Dinner 10,989 32.40
Progressive Conservative Fred Sagle 7,531 22.20
Marxist–Leninist Wayne Derrah 121 0.36
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1974 Canadian federal election: Algoma
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Maurice Foster 11,360 52.02
New Democratic Hughene MacDonald 5,240 24.00
Progressive Conservative Ron Ritchie 5,136 23.52
Independent Fernand Trottier 100 0.46
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1972 Canadian federal election: Algoma
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Maurice Foster 10,160 45.89
Progressive Conservative Dale Burley 6,721 30.36
New Democratic Kelly Sweeney 4,599 20.77
Social Credit Nil F. Cote 508 2.29
Independent George Washington Strain 150 0.68
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1968 Canadian federal election: Algoma
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Maurice Foster 9,542 50.57
Progressive Conservative John D. McPhail 5,270 27.93
New Democratic Len Lefebvre 4,057 21.50

References[]

  1. ^ Maurice Foster – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ a b c "DR. MAURICE BRYDON FOSTER 1933-2010 MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR ALGOMA". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2010.


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