Maurice Brydon Foster was a former Canadian

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 veterinarian

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 and politician. He represented the electoral district

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 of Algoma in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1968 to 1993. He was a member of the Liberal Party

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Born in Bloomfield, Ontario, Foster attended the Ontario Veterinary College

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 in Guelph and received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1957. He then moved to Carnduff, Saskatchewan where he practiced as a veterinarian. In 1959, he moved to Desbarats

Desbarats, Ontario

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 near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

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In 1968, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 for the riding of Algoma. After retiring in 1993, he served as an adviser to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien

Jean Chrétien

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. He retired in 2001.

He died in 2010 after a three year battle with pulmonary fibrosis

Pulmonary fibrosis

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