John Forster | |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Term Start: | 14 May 1853 |
Term End: | 28 March 1857 |
Alongside: | Dudley Marjoribanks |
Predecessor: | John Stapleton Matthew Forster |
Successor: | Dudley Marjoribanks John Stapleton |
Birth Date: | 1817 |
Nationality: | British |
Party: | Whig |
John Forster (1817–1878) was a British Whig politician.
Forster was elected Whig MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed at a by-election in 1853—held after his father Matthew Forster and Radical MP John Stapleton were unseated due to bribery and treating during the 1852 general election.[1] [2] He held the seat until 1857 when he did not seek re-election.[3]