William Thomas Forster

William Thomas Forster (baptised 30 August 1857 – 4 June 1938)^[1] was an English-born farmer and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Nanaimo from 1890 to 1894 and Westminster-Delta from 1894 to 1900 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. His name also appears as Thomas William Forster and Thomas Forster.

He was born in Hexham, Northumberland and was educated there. Forster was speaker for the assembly from 1899 to 1900. He died at Glen Valley British Columbia in 1932, aged 80.

References

Scholefield, Ethelbert O. S (1913). "A history of British Columbia".

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