George Eulas Foster

The Right Honourable Sir George Eulas Foster PC, GCMG
Minister of Trade and Commerce
In office October 10, 1911 – September 21, 1921
Prime Minister	Robert Borden
Preceded by	Richard John Cartwright
Succeeded by	Henry Herbert Stevens
Minister of Finance
In office May 29, 1888 – July 8, 1896
Prime Minister	John A. Macdonald
Preceded by	Charles Tupper
Succeeded by	William Stevens Fielding
Minister of Marine and Fisheries
In office December 10, 1885 – May 28, 1888
Prime Minister	John A. Macdonald
Preceded by	Archibald McLelan
Succeeded by	Charles Hibbert Tupper
Senator for Ontario
In office September 22, 1921 – December 30, 1931
Nominated by	Arthur Meighen
Appointed by	The Lord Byng of Vimy
Member of Parliament for Toronto North
In office January 11, 1905 – September 22, 1921
Preceded by	District created in 1903
Succeeded by	Thomas Langton Church
Member of Parliament for York
In office August 19, 1896 – February 6, 1901
Preceded by	Thomas Temple
Succeeded by	Alexander Gibson
Member of Parliament for King's
In office February 8, 1883 – August 19, 1896
Preceded by	James Domville
Succeeded by	James Domville
Personal details
Born	(1847-09-03)September 3, 1847 Carleton County, New Brunswick
Died	December 30, 1931(1931-12-30) (aged 84)
Resting place	Beechwood Cemetery
Political party	Conservative
Spouses	Adeline Davis Chisholm ​ ​ (m. 1889; died 1919)​ Jessie Allan ​ (m. 1920)​
Education	University of New Brunswick (B.A.)

Sir George Eulas Foster, PC, GCMG (September 3, 1847 – December 30, 1931) was a Canadian politician and academic.

Foster was a Member of Parliament (MP) and a Senator in the Canadian Parliament for a total of 45 years, 5 months and 24 days. He enjoys the unique distinction of having served in the cabinets of seven Canadian Prime Ministers: Macdonald, Abbott, Thompson, Bowell, Tupper, Borden and Meighen.

He coined the phrase "splendid isolation" to praise British foreign policy in the late 19th century. ^[1]

Two factors thwarted whatever ambitions he may have had to become Prime Minister himself: his legally questionable marriage in Chicago to his newly divorced former landlady,^[2] and his later involvement in a trust company scandal.^[3]