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Sir George Foster, Conservative finance minister

George Eulas Foster, around 1920 (Bain, Library of Congress). George Eulas Foster c 1920 · Bain · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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George Eulas Foster of Carleton County, New Brunswick, a former classics professor, sat in the House of Commons for most of 1882–1921. A central Conservative figure and orator, he was Minister of Finance under five prime ministers and Minister of Commerce under Borden and Meighen, and supported the League of Nations.

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Foster as described in his designation.

Sources behind this record

Sir George Eulas Foster National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

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