George Buchanan Foster was born on 19 August 1897 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His mother was Mary Maud Buchanan. His father was Senator George Green Foster.
He was the great-grandson of Alexander Buchanan, a noted lawyer and judge.
McGill University.
He was credited with seven aerial victories. He had one sister, Ruth Elizabeth Foster. When George Buchanan Foster joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force to serve in the, he was a single student.
On 13 November 1917, Foster was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant on probation.
After training, he was assigned to 24 Squadron in France as a Southeast.5a pilot from 8 March to 27 August 1918. During this posting, he destroyed an observation balloon, two Pfalz Doctorate.III fighters, a Fokker Triplane, and a Hannover two-seater.
He also shared in destruction of a Hannover, and drove a Fokker Triplane down out of control. He studied law at McGill University, with his prior education having been at Lower Canada College and Montreal High School.
He was admitted to the Bar of Quebec on July 16, 1920, and practised law in Montreal, becoming King"s Counsel on January 10, 1931.
He became a principal in his own law firm of Foster, Hannen, Watt, Leggatt, and Colby. George Buchanan Foster was awarded the Order of the British Empire on 1 July 1946. He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec on August 21, 1946, and served there until the abolition of that institution in 1968.
He served as president of Canada and Dominion Sugar Company
Limited. and of Wire Rope Industries of Canada Limited. and vice-president of Noranda Mines Limited. He served on the boards of many companies, including InterActiveCorp Limited., Travelers Insurance, Brompton Pulp & Paper, Acme Glove, Holt Renfrew, Lake Saint John"s Paper, Montreal Trust, Saint Lawrence Corporation, Sherbrooke Machinery, Donnacona Paper, Sagamo Penmans, Gaspe Copper, Seven Up, J. South. Mitchell, Combustion Engineering Superheater, Hilton of Canada and British Bank Note.
He died on 3 June 1974 and was buried in Knowlton Cemetery, Knowlton, Quebec, Canada.
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Foster would become a King"s Counsel and prominent attorney as a principal in a major law firm, as well as being appointed a member of the Legislative Council of Quebec.
