Arthur DeWitt Foster was an educator, broker and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Canada. He represented Kings

Kings (electoral district)

Kings was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925.It was created in the British North America Act of 1867. The riding was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Hants—Kings riding...

 from 1911 to 1915 and Hants—Kings

Hants—Kings

Hants—Kings was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1935....

 from 1925 to 1926 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

 as a Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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.

He was born in Hampton, Nova Scotia

Hampton, Nova Scotia

Hampton is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Annapolis County.Hampton is a nice coastal community. It features a rock beach with many different colors of rocks and some gem stones including agate and amethyst. There is also an old lighthouse and a old cemetery...

, the son of Aron Judson Foster and Eunice Lavinia Chuter, and was educated at the provincial normal school

Normal school

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 and Acadia University

Acadia University

Acadia University is a predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level...

. In 1912, he married Charlotte Lawrence. Foster taught school in Wolfville

Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Wolfville is a small town in the Annapolis Valley, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada, located about northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax. As of 2006, the population was 3,772....

 and Kentville

Kentville, Nova Scotia

Kentville is a town in Kings County, Nova Scotia. It is one of the main towns in the Annapolis Valley, and it is the county seat of Kings County. As of 2006, the town of Kentville had a population of 5,815 people....

. He resigned his seat in the House of Commons in 1915. From 1916 to 1924, he was Superintendent of the Colonization Department, Canadian National Railway

Canadian National Railway

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. He was also director of Foster's Tours in Chicago

Chicago

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. Foster was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1926 and 1930.