Background
Born in Knowlton, Canada East, the son of Samuel E. Foster and Ellen Green, Foster was educated at Knowlton Academy and McGill University (Bachelor of Civil Law, 1881).
politician Member of the Senate of Canada
Born in Knowlton, Canada East, the son of Samuel E. Foster and Ellen Green, Foster was educated at Knowlton Academy and McGill University (Bachelor of Civil Law, 1881).
McGill University.
He was called to the Quebec bar in 1881 and was created a Queen"s Counsel in 1896. 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.