Anthony Forster (Australian politician)

Anthony Forster (15 May 1813 – 13 January 1897) was a politician, financier and newspaper owner/editor in colonial South Australia.

[2] In 1855 he was elected to the Mixed South Australian Legislative Council for West Adelaide, in opposition to James Hurtle Fisher.

The seat was, however, declared vacant by the Court of Disputed Returns in November, Mr. Forster being re-elected on 1 January 1856.

In 1866 he published "South Australia: its Progress and Prosperity" (London),[2] which gave banker and fellow-parliamentarian George Tinline credit for the Bullion Act of 1852, so mitigating the currency crisis.

[1] Forster married Margaret Gibson Sims (died in London on 6 July 1868) they had four children; all predeceased him.