Francis Foster (Australian politician)

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Francis James Foster (1872 – 9 September 1948) was an Australian politician. Born in Sofala, New South Wales, he received a primary education, and held various jobs including a miner, farmhand and teacher. He then became a shopkeeper and orchardist in Inverell. In 1906, he was selected as the Labor candidate for the Australian House of Representatives seat of New England, and defeated Edmund Lonsdale, the Anti-Socialist MP. He held the seat until 1913, when he was defeated, after which he became a company director. Foster died in 1948.^[1]

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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Edmund Lonsdale	Member for New England 1906 – 1913	Succeeded by Percy Abbott

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NAME	Foster, Francis James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1872
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sofala, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH	9 September 1948
PLACE OF DEATH