George Green Foster (January 21, 1860 – May 1, 1931) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Born in Knowlton,

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, the son of Samuel E. Foster and Ellen Green, Foster was educated at Knowlton Academy and

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(B.C.L., 1881). He was called to the Quebec bar in 1881 and was created a

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in 1896. His son

George Buchanan Foster Lieutenant George Buchanan Foster, (19 August 1897 – 3 June 1974) was a Canadian First World War flying ace. He was credited with seven aerial victories. After the First World War, Foster would become a King's Counsel and prominent attorne ...

was a World War I

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. Foster was the Conservative candidate in Brome in the 1896 federal election but was defeated by

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Sydney A. Fisher. He was summoned to the

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in 1917 on the advice of Conservative Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden and served until his death in 1931.

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* * 1860 births 1931 deaths Canadian senators from Quebec Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) senators People from Montérégie Canadian King's Counsel Anglophone Quebec people {{Quebec-senator-stub McGill University Faculty of Law alumni