Neal Foster

{{Distinguish|Neil Foster}}

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Neal Foster

|image = Rep. Neal Foster.jpg

|office = Speaker Pro Tempore and Acting Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives

|term_start = January 17, 2019

|term_end = February 14, 2019

|predecessor = Bryce Edgmon

|successor = Bryce Edgmon

|state_house1 = Alaska

|district1 = 39th

|term_start1 = November 15, 2009

|term_end1 =

|predecessor1 = Richard Foster

|successor1 =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|5|29}}

|birth_place = Nome, Alaska, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Democratic

|relatives = Richard Foster (father)

|education = Stanford University (BA)
University of Alaska, Anchorage (BBA)

}}

Neal Winston Foster (born May 29, 1972){{cite web|url=http://www.courtrecords.alaska.gov/pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.o_party_sum?44665157|title=Testator (Will) – Summary (2NO-03-00010WI In the Matter of: Foster, Neal Winston)|work=CourtView|publisher=Alaska Court System|access-date=September 17, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402133140/http://www.courtrecords.alaska.gov/pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.o_party_sum?44665157|archive-date=April 2, 2012|df=mdy-all}} is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 39th District, which is centered on Nome, Alaska. He has served in the House since November 15, 2009. He was appointed to the House to replace his father, Richard Foster, who had died in office the previous month.{{cite news|title=Newest Bush legislator to join with Democrats in Juneau|first=Kyle|last=Hopkins|newspaper=Anchorage Daily News|date=November 15, 2009|url=http://www.adn.com/2009/11/15/1014523/newest-bush-legislator-to-join.html|access-date=May 13, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610135429/http://www.adn.com/2009/11/15/1014523/newest-bush-legislator-to-join.html|archive-date=June 10, 2011|df=mdy-all}} In the 27th Alaska State Legislature, Foster joined along with the other three Democrats from Western Alaska, Bryce Edgmon, Bob Herron and Reggie Joule, as members in the Republican-led majority caucus in the House.

Neal Foster, as was Cathy Muñoz, is a third-generation member of the Alaska Legislature. Foster's grandfather, also named Neal W. Foster (1916–1979) and nicknamed "Willie," served one term in the Territorial legislature during the 1950s and in the State Senate in the 1960s.