Adrian Foster

Adrian Foster is a Canadian politician who has been serving as the 7th and current mayor of Clarington since 2010. As mayor, he also sits on Durham Regional Council.

Education Foster was educated at the Scarborough campus of the University of Toronto, where he studied psychology and French, and received a Bachelors of Arts degree in 1983. After graduating, he worked as a counsellor for developmentally disabled children and their families. He then worked as an investment advisor for 26 years. He also served as the President of the Clarington Board of Trade. He was awarded with the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002 and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. defeating Suzanne Elston by just over 200 votes in Ward 1. He was re-elected to council in 2006, winning two-thirds of the vote against Oudit Rai. He ran on the need for a "central defining feature" for the ward's main community of Courtice, and the need to "get a handle on the planning of the Highway 2 corridor".

Foster was first elected as Clarington's mayor in the 2010 municipal elections, defeating incumbent mayor Jim Abernethy by fewer than 900 votes, in a close three-way race. He campaigned promising "working together for a change", and his number one priority was preventing the construction of a garbage incinerator in the municipality. He was re-elected in 2014 in a close race against former Progressive Conservative MPP John O'Toole, the father of future Conservative Party leader Erin O'Toole. Foster's priorities in 2014 included expanding GO Transit, job creation, bettering quality of life, and developing deeper relationships with other levels of government. His priorities have been trying to extend the GO Train to the municipality, renovating Lakeridge Health Bowmanville and building a hospice in Newcastle. In 2022, he was re-elected for his fourth term, with 42% of the vote. As of 2022, Foster is the longest serving Mayor of Clarington, surpassing 12 years in office.

As mayor, he has sat as the chair of Durham Region Finance, and as the Chair of the Canadian Association of Nuclear Host Communities.

Personal life Foster's wife, Deborah is an ordained United Church of Canada minister.

Mayor, Municipality of Clarington (2018) Candidate Votes % Adrian Foster 12,507 68.06 Mark Canning 5,259 28.62 Matthew Marshall 610 3.32

Mayor, Municipality of Clarington (2014) Candidate Votes % Adrian Foster 10,093 53.62 John O'Toole 8,731 46.38

Mayor, Municipality of Clarington (2010) Candidate Votes % Adrian Foster 6,905 35.51 Jim Abernethy 6,135 31.55 Paul Adams 5,740 29.52 Jeremy Woodcock 664 3.42

Local Councillor - Ward 1, Municipality of Clarington (2006) Candidate Votes % Adrian Foster 3,978 66.68 Oudit Rai 1,988 33.32

Local Councillor - Ward 1, Municipality of Clarington (2003) Candidate Votes % Adrian Foster 1,411 27.85 Suzanne Elston 1,202 23.73Jim Vinson 1,190 23.49 Oudit Rai 1,073 21.18 Gail Syme 190 3.75