William Foster (12 January 1887 – 2 December 1947) was a British Labour Party politician. He was elected to the

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(MP) for

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in a by-election in 1942, following the death of sitting Labour MP John Parkinson. Foster was re-elected at the 1945 general election, but died aged 60 in 1947, before completing his first full term in parliament. In the subsequent by-election in 1948, the seat was held for Labour by Ronald Williams.

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* 1887 births 1947 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Miners' Federation of Great Britain-sponsored MPs National Union of Mineworkers-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Wigan Ministers in the Attlee governments, 1945–1951 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub