George Green Foster Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
George Green Foster
Office:Senator for Alma, Quebec
Appointed:Robert Borden
Predecessor:Robert Mackay
Successor:Charles Ballantyne
Term Start:July 27, 1917
Term End:May 1, 1931
Birth Date:21 January 1860
Birth Place:Knowlton, Canada East
Party:Conservative
Children:George Buchanan Foster

George Green Foster (January 21, 1860  - May 1, 1931) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

Born in Knowlton, Canada East, the son of Samuel E. Foster and Ellen Green, Foster was educated at Knowlton Academy and McGill University (B.C.L., 1881). He was called to the Quebec bar in 1881 and was created a Queen's Counsel in 1896. His son George Buchanan Foster was a World War I flying ace.

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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: George Greene Foster. The Quebec History Encyclopedia.