Foster

Contributed by H.R.S. (Tim) Ellis

Senator Walter Foster resided in a hous e which is now the site of the former service station at Rothesay Corner. He was a loyal Liberal and became Premier of New Brunswick at the age of 43. He served as Premier from 1917-23 and was then appointed to the Senate. Senator and Mrs. Foster were the parents of four children: Elizabeth (Mrs. John McCready), Joan, Walter Jr. (“Red”), and Charlotte.

“Red” Foster served as an artillery officer during the invasion of Sicily in 1943. Because his guns and ammunition had been lost on a convoy ship sunk during the invasion, “red” landed on the beachhead armed only with a pistol.