Major Samuel Foster CBE[1] (7 December 1931 – 19 August 2014) was an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician who served in the Northern Ireland Executive from 1998 to 2002, and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 1998 to 2003.
Foster was educated at Enniskillen Technical College and the Ulster Polytechnic, and was by profession a Social Worker.
He was a Special Constable in the Ulster Special Constabulary for 21 years and was an Officer with the rank of Major in the Ulster Defence Regiment until his election to Fermanagh District Council in 1981.
[3] However, Foster was forced to resign in 2002 with the advancement of Parkinson's disease.
[citation needed] He was married with three children and was a lifelong member of the Orange Order in Fermanagh.