Douglas Eads Foster (August 21, 1875 – July 22, 1962) was a dentist who served on the Los Angeles City Council between 1927 and 1929.

[1] He married Margaret O. Montgomery in an Episcopal ceremony on September 2, 1927, with Los Angeles City Council Member Arthur Alber as best man.

A Republican, he opposed giving the city a monopoly on electrical power generation and distribution "on the grounds that private industry is entitled to share in such business."

[5][6] At one council meeting Foster said that the "asserted regularities in the administration of the health department constitute malfeasance in office," over which charge Parrish threatened to bring a libel action.

[7] Later Foster was branded an "obstructionist" in the matter of requiring food handlers, even small grocers, to be medically examined.