Walter Edward Foster
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walter Edward Foster, PC (April 9, 1873 – November 14, 1947) was a politician and businessman in New Brunswick, Canada.
He became leader of the province's Liberal Party in 1916, and swept to victory in the 1917 election. Though leader at age 45, he was called the "boy premier" for his youthful, cleancut appearance (Doyle). His government established the first department of health in 1918, gave women the vote in 1919 and created the province's power commission in 1920. He resigned in 1923. He entered federal politics becoming Secretary of State of Canada in 1925, but failed to win a seat in the that year's federal election, or again in the 1926 federal election.
Foster was appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1928, and served as Speaker from 1936 to 1940.
[edit] External links
[edit] Further reading
- Arthur T. Doyle, Front Benches and Back Rooms: A story of corruption, muckraking, raw partisanship and political intrigue in New Brunswick, Toronto: Green Tree Publishing, 1976.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by James Alexander Murray |
Premier of New Brunswick 1917-1923 |
Succeeded by Peter Veniot |
| Premiers of New Brunswick |  |
|
|---|---|---|
| Colony: Fisher | Gray | Fisher | S. L. Tilley | Smith | P. Mitchell
Province: | Wetmore | King | Hathaway | King | Fraser | Hanington | Blair | J. Mitchell | Emmerson | Tweedie | Pugsley | Robinson | Hazen | J. Flemming | Clarke | Murray | Foster | Veniot | Baxter | Richards | L. P. Tilley | Dysart | McNair | H. Flemming | Robichaud | Hatfield | McKenna | Frenette | Thériault | Lord | Graham |
||
