predecessor parliament successor birth_place constituency_mp death_date death_place nationality party birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name occupation
frederick holder australian maurice collins goodmanham , yorkshire , england wakefield 5 january 1932 st peters , south australia australian liberal -- 22 -rrb- liberal -lrb- 1922 -- 25 -rrb- nationalist -lrb- -lrb- 1925 -- 28 -rrb- 1909 -- 17 -rrb- nationalist -lrb- 1917 20 august 1856 28 august 1909 elizabeth lees richard witty foster.jpg richard foster -lrb- australian politician -rrb-
 17 november 1928 richard foster grocer
richard foster -lrb- australian politician -rrb-

richard witty foster -lrb- 20 august 1856 -- 5 january 1932 -rrb- was an australian politician , a member of the parliament of australia .
foster was born in goodmanham , pocklington , yorkshire , england and educated at prospect house , tockwith and apprenticed to a draper .
he emigrated to south australia in 1880 and established a business as a grocer and general provider at quorn .
he married elizabeth lees in september 1884 .
he was elected to quorn council in 1887 and was mayor from 1890 to 1893 .
