Frederick Carter

Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington Carter, KCMG (born February 12, 1819 in St. John's, Newfoundland, died March 1, 1900) was a lawyer and Premier of Newfoundland from 1865 to 1870. He was the great-grandson of Robert Carter, who was appointed justice of the peace at Ferryland in 1750. In 1855, he was elected to the House of Assembly as a Conservative and became Speaker in 1861. In 1865 he succeeded Sir Hugh Hoyles as Premier.

Carter was a supporter of Canadian confederation having been a delegate to the 1864 Quebec conference. However, the Conservatives were defeated on the Confederation issue in the November 1869 election by the Anti-Confederation Party led by Charles Fox Bennett. Even though Newfoundland did not join confederation until many years later, Carter is considered one of the Fathers of Confederation. Carter became Premier a second time in 1874 but had dropped the issue of joining Canada. In 1878 Carter was appointed Chief Justice succeeding Sir Hugh Hoyles.

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* [http://www.hpedsb.on.ca/smood/fathers/carter.htm Sir Frederick Carter]
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6018 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]