| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| John Foulkes | |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia |
| Constituency: | South-West Province |
| Term Start: | 16 July 1894 |
| Term End: | 27 July 1896 |
| Predecessor: | None |
| Successor: | William Spencer |
| Alongside: | Edward McLarty and John Winthrop Hackett |
| Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia |
| Constituency2: | Claremont |
| Term Start2: | 11 June 1902 |
| Term End2: | 3 October 1911 |
| Predecessor2: | William Sayer |
| Successor2: | Evan Wisdom |
| Birth Date: | 22 March 1861 |
| Birth Place: | Llanyblodwel, Shropshire, England |
| Death Place: | Chiswick, London, England |
| Alma Mater: | St John's College, Cambridge |
John Charles Griffiths Foulkes (22 March 1861 – 4 December 1935) served in both houses of the Parliament of Western Australia, as a member of the Legislative Council from 1894 to 1896 and as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1902 to 1911.
Foulkes was born in Llanyblodwel, Shropshire, England, a small village on the Welsh border. He attended Shrewsbury School before going on to St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1884. Foulkes afterward trained as a solicitor, serving his articles of clerkship in Wrexham, Wales. He came to Western Australia in 1890, and set up a law practice in Bunbury.[1] In 1894, he stood for the Legislative Council's South-West Province, and was elected to a two-year term. In December 1895, Foulkes left on a health trip to Europe, intending to return in time to contest his seat at the 1896 Legislative Council elections.[2] However, on the return voyage, his wife was taken ill with malaria, forcing them to remain in Italy while she recovered (and him to miss the election and thus lose his seat).[3]
After eventually arriving back in Australia, Foulkes moved his law practice to Perth.[1] He re-entered parliament at the 1902 Claremont by-election, which had been caused by the resignation of the sitting member, William Sayer, and retained it at the 1904 state election.[4] When parliament sat for the first time after the 1904 election, Foulkes was nominated by the government of Walter James (recently reduced to a minority in the assembly) to serve as speaker. The opposing candidate, Mathieson Jacoby, was elected "by a large margin", a result which was said to have marked "the beginning of the end" for the James government.[5] Foulkes remained in parliament until his retirement at the 1911 state election, and in 1913 returned to England. He died in London in December 1935, aged 74. His brother-in-law, Adam Jameson, was also a member of parliament.[1]
. David Black (historian). Prescott. Valerie. Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. 1997. Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. Perth, [W.A.]. 0730984095.