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John Forster (MP)
John
Forster
was a
British
Whig
politician
.
Forster was
elected
Whig
MP
for
Berwick-upon-Tweed
at a
by-election
in 1853—held after his
father
Matthew Forster
and Radical
MP
John Stapleton
were unseated due to
bribery
and
treating
during the
1852 general election
. He held the
seat
until
1857
when he did not
seek
re-election
.