Francis Foster (Tasmanian politician)
Francis Henry Foster was an Australian politician. He was born in Brighton, Sussex in England. He was the oldest of four children. His father was Colonel Henry Foster and his father was John Foster. He went to Launceston Church Grammar School. he also entered Trinity College. He briefly was a civil engineer at one point under John Monash. In 1912 he traveled to England with his family, inspecting industrial establishment. In 1915 he was commissioned into the Militia. In the 27 February 1918 he was transferred to the Australian Imperial Force and served in France as part of the 4th Field Company, Engineers. He returned to Australia as a lieutenant. In 1929 he married Patricia Ainslie Wood. As his brother died during the war, he was now responsible for the management of the farms he now owned in Tasmania. He owned a lot of land and was a shrewd businessman. The 2nd reference includes a more detailed list of all the businesses he was a part of. Having emigrated to Tasmania, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1937 as a Nationalist member for Wilmot. He held the seat until his defeat in 1941. Foster died in Hobart in 1979.
