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Gordon Alexander Forster (April 30, 1884 – July 23, 1964) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1921 to 1935 sitting with the United Farmers caucus in government. ==Political career== Forster ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1921 Alberta general election as a United Farmers candidate in the electoral district of Hand Hills. He defeated incumbent Robert Eaton in a two way race with one of the biggest margins of victory polled in the election.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Hand Hills Official Results 1921 Alberta general election )〕 Forster ran for re-nomination at a party convention held on June 5, 1926 in Hanna, Alberta. He defeated three other candidates to run for the United Farmers. He ran for a second term in office in the 1926 Alberta general election. His popular vote was almost cut in half, but he still held his seat easily defeating two other candidates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Hand Hills Official Results 1926 Alberta general election )〕 Forster ran for a third term in office in the 1930 Alberta general election. He would survive a two way race hanging on to his seat in a close contest over Independent candidate J.L. Newman.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Hand Hills Official Results 1930 Alberta general election )〕 Forster retired from provincial office at dissolution of the Assembly in 1935 and died in 1964.〔()〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ARCHIVES CANADA )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gordon Forster」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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