Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington Carter

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Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington Carter, politician, judge, prime minister of Newfoundland 1865-78 (b at St John's 12 Feb 1819; d there 1 Mar 1900). Born into one of Newfoundland's most distinguished families, Carter was educated in St John's and in London, England, and was called to the Newfoundland Bar in 1842. He was elected to the House of Assembly as a Conservative in 1855. One of leader Hugh HOYLES's most trusted advisers, he became Speaker of the House when the Conservatives won the 1861 election. A Newfoundland representative at the 1864 Québec Conference, Carter returned home a convinced Confederate. Upon Hoyles's retirement (1865), he became prime minister.

His government was the first to include both Protestants and Roman Catholics, and thus significantly eased the sectarian tensions that had plagued Newfoundland. Carter's government ran for reelection in 1869 on a platform that promised to bring Newfoundland into Canadian CONFEDERATION and was badly defeated. Although he again became prime minister in 1874, he made no effort to raise the contentious Confederation issue. Carter retired as prime minister in 1878 and was appointed to the Newfoundland Supreme Court. In 1880 he became chief justice.

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Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington Carter
A biography of Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington Carter. Features photographs and other archival resources. Part of the “Canadian Confederation” website from Library and Archives Canada.

Frederic Bowker Terrington Carter
A biography of Frederic Bowker Terrington Carter, lawyer, politician, and judge. From the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.

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