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Maurice Brydon Foster Member of the Canadian Parliament
for AlgomaIn office
1968–1993Preceded by Electoral district created in 1966 Succeeded by Brent St. Denis Personal details Born September 8, 1933
Bloomfield, OntarioDied October 2, 2010 (aged 77)
Ottawa , OntarioPolitical party Liberal Spouse(s) Janet Kerr Committees Chair, Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs (1972)
Chair, Standing Committee on Northern Pipelines
Chair, Standing Committee on Privileges and ElectionsPortfolio • Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Privy Council (1974)
• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources (1974-1976)
• Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board (1984)Maurice Brydon Foster (September 8, 1933 – October 2, 2010) was a former Canadian veterinarian and politician. He represented the electoral district of Algoma in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1993. He was a member of the Liberal Party.[1]
Born in Bloomfield, Ontario, Foster attended the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph and received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1957. He then moved to Carnduff, Saskatchewan where he practiced as a veterinarian. In 1959, he moved to Desbarats near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.[2]
In 1968, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Algoma. After retiring in 1993, he served as an adviser to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. He retired in 2001.[2]
He died in 2010 after a three year battle with pulmonary fibrosis.[2]
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- 2010 deaths
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Ontario
- People from Prince Edward County, Ontario
- Deaths from pulmonary fibrosis
- Liberal Party of Canada, Ontario MP stubs
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