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style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">The Honourable Walter Edward Foster, PC</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">17th <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_New_Brunswick" title="Premier of New Brunswick">Premier of New Brunswick</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />April 4, 1917 – February 1, 1923</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">George V</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Lieutenant Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Wood" title="Josiah Wood">Josiah Wood</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_White_Ganong" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilbert White Ganong">Gilbert White Ganong</a><br /><a href="/wiki/William_Pugsley" title="William Pugsley">William Pugsley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Alexander_Murray" title="James Alexander Murray">James A. Murray</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Veniot" title="Peter Veniot">Peter J. Veniot</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_New_Brunswick" title="Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick">MLA</a> for <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(New_Brunswick_provincial_electoral_district)" title="Victoria (New Brunswick provincial electoral district)">Victoria</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />April 23, 1917 – October 9, 1920<div style="line-height:normal; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.1em">Serving with <a href="/wiki/John_F._Tweeddale" title="John F. Tweeddale">John F. Tweeddale</a></div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Burgess_Jr." title="James Burgess Jr.">James Burgess Jr.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Warnock" title="George W. Warnock">George W. 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Tilley</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Canada" title="Secretary of State for Canada">Secretary of State for Canada</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 26, 1925 – November 12, 1925</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King" title="William Lyon Mackenzie King"> W. L. Mackenzie King</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Bliss_Copp" title="Arthur Bliss Copp">Arthur Bliss Copp</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Murphy_(Canadian_politician)" title="Charles Murphy (Canadian politician)">Charles Murphy</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Acting)</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Senate_of_Canada" title="Speaker of the Senate of Canada">Speaker of the Senate of Canada</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 11, 1936 – May 8, 1940</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data">W. L. Mackenzie King</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pierre-%C3%89douard_Blondin" title="Pierre-Édouard Blondin">Pierre-Édouard Blondin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Georges_Parent" title="Georges Parent">Georges Parent</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Canada" title="Senate of Canada">Senator</a> for <a href="/wiki/List_of_New_Brunswick_senators#Historical" title="List of New Brunswick senators">Saint John, New Brunswick</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 6, 1928 – November 14, 1947</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Nominated by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">W. L. Mackenzie King</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Freeman_Freeman-Thomas,_1st_Marquess_of_Willingdon" title="Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon">The Marquess of Willingdon</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1873-04-09</span>)</span>April 9, 1873<br /><a href="/wiki/St._Martins,_New_Brunswick" title="St. Martins, New Brunswick">St. Martins, New Brunswick</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 14, 1947<span style="display:none">(1947-11-14)</span> (aged 74)<br /><a href="/wiki/Saint_John,_New_Brunswick" title="Saint John, New Brunswick">Saint John, New Brunswick</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick_Liberal_Association" title="New Brunswick Liberal Association">New Brunswick Liberal Association</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal Party of Canada</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Johanna M. Vassie</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1903)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Walter_W._V._Foster" title="Walter W. V. Foster">Walter W. V. Foster</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Businessman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Politician</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Walter Edward Foster</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Privy_Council_for_Canada" title="King's Privy Council for Canada">PC</a></span></span> (April 9, 1873 – November 14, 1947) was a <a href="/wiki/Canadians" title="Canadians">Canadian</a> politician and businessman in <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Edward_Foster&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Foster was born in <a href="/wiki/St._Martins,_New_Brunswick" title="St. Martins, New Brunswick">St. Martins, New Brunswick</a>. He began work as a clerk with the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_New_Brunswick" title="Bank of New Brunswick">Bank of New Brunswick</a> at <a href="/wiki/Saint_John,_New_Brunswick" title="Saint John, New Brunswick">Saint John</a>. He joined the merchant firm of Vassie and Company and became vice president and managing director after marrying Johanna Vassie, daughter of the firm's head. Active in community business affairs, Foster served as President of the Saint John <a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_commerce" title="Chamber of commerce">Board of Trade</a> in 1908–1909. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Edward_Foster&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1916, Walter Foster became leader of the province's <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick_Liberal_Association" title="New Brunswick Liberal Association">Liberal Party</a> which swept to victory in the <a href="/wiki/1917_New_Brunswick_general_election" title="1917 New Brunswick general election">1917 election</a>. Foster was defeated in the <a href="/wiki/Saint_John_County,_New_Brunswick" title="Saint John County, New Brunswick">Saint John County</a> riding in the 1917 election but was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_New_Brunswick" title="Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick">Legislative Assembly</a> by acclamation in a <a href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">by-election</a> later that year in <a href="/wiki/Victoria_County,_New_Brunswick" title="Victoria County, New Brunswick">Victoria County</a>. Though leader at age 45, he was called the "boy premier" for his youthful, cleancut appearance (Doyle). His government established the first <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Health_(New_Brunswick)" title="Department of Health (New Brunswick)">department of health</a> in 1918, gave <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage" title="Women's suffrage">women the right to vote</a> in 1919 and created the province's <a href="/wiki/NB_Power" title="NB Power">power commission</a> in 1920. </p><p>Walter Foster resigned from provincial politics on February 1, 1923 in order to return to put his own failing personal finances in order. He entered federal politics becoming <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of Canada">Secretary of State of Canada</a> in 1925, but failed to win a seat in <a href="/wiki/1925_Canadian_federal_election" title="1925 Canadian federal election">that year's federal election</a>. </p><p>In 1928, Walter Foster was appointed by <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King" title="William Lyon Mackenzie King">Mackenzie King</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Canada" title="Senate of Canada">Senate of Canada</a> and served as <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Senate_of_Canada" title="Speaker of the Senate of Canada">Speaker of the Senate of Canada</a> from 1936 to 1940. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Edward_Foster&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Foster married Joanna Vassie in 1903. His son, <a href="/wiki/Walter_W._V._Foster" title="Walter W. V. Foster">Walter William Vassie Foster</a>, served in the provincial Legislative Assembly. </p><p>He died in office in Saint John at the age of 74 and was buried in the Cedar Hill Cemetery.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Edward_Foster&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=7957">Walter Edward Foster – Parliament of Canada biography</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081219204039/http://www.gnb.ca/legis/leglibbib/special_projects/premiers-bios/english/WEFoster.pdf">Government of New Brunswick biography (pdf)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Edward_Foster&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Arthur T. Doyle, <i>Front Benches and Back Rooms: A story of corruption, muckraking, raw partisanship and political intrigue in New Brunswick</i>, Toronto: Green Tree Publishing, 1976.</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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