Career
Foxe was elected to Dáil Éireann as an independent Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) on his first attempt, at the 1989 general election, when he stood as an independent candidate in the Roscommon constituency. He unseated the sitting Fianna Fáil Territorial Decoration and former minister Seán Doherty. He was re-elected at the 1992 general election, for the new constituency of Longford–Roscommon, but lost his seat at the 1997 general election.
At the 1991 local elections, he was elected to Roscommon County Council for Roscommon town, and served until his death in 2000.