Frederick Carter

The Honourable Sir Frederick Carter KCMG
Carter in 1869
4th Premier of Newfoundland
In office January 31, 1874 – April 1, 1878
Monarch	Victoria
Governor	Stephen John Hill John Hawley Glover
Preceded by	Charles Fox Bennett
Succeeded by	William Whiteway
In office March 4, 1865 – February 11, 1870[1]
Monarch	Victoria
Governor	Anthony Musgrave Stephen John Hill
Preceded by	Hugh Hoyles
Succeeded by	Charles Fox Bennett
Judicial and legislative offices 14th Chief Justice of Newfoundland In office May 20, 1880 (1880-05-20) – 1898 Preceded by Hugh Hoyles Succeeded by Joseph Little 7th Speaker of the Newfoundland House of Assembly In office 1861 – March 4, 1865 (1865-03-04) Preceded by Ambrose Shea Succeeded by William Whiteway Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly for Twillingate and Fogo In office November 8, 1873 (1873-11-08) – November 9, 1878 (1878-11-09) Serving with Charles Duder (1873–1878) Smith McKay (1873–1874) William Kelligrew (1874–1878) Preceded by New seat established Succeeded by Stanley B. Carter A. J. W. McNeilly Richard P. Rice Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly for Burin In office November 7, 1865 (1865-11-07) – November 8, 1873 (1873-11-08) Serving with Edward Evans Preceded by Hugh Hoyles Succeeded by Charles R. Ayre James S. Winter Member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly for Trinity Bay In office May 7, 1855 (1855-05-07) – November 7, 1865 (1865-11-07) Serving with Stephen March (1855–1859) John Winter (1855–1865) Stephen Rendell (1859–1865) Preceded by New seat established Succeeded by Stephen March Frederick J. Wyatt
Personal details
Born	Frederic Bowker Terrington Carter (1819-02-12)February 12, 1819 St. John's, Newfoundland
Died	March 1, 1900(1900-03-01) (aged 81) St. John's, Newfoundland
Party	Conservative
Spouse	Eliza Bayly ​ (m. 1846)​
Children	11, including Stanley
Relatives	Robert Carter (uncle)

Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington Carter KCMG (February 12, 1819 – March 1, 1900) was a Newfoundlander lawyer and politician who served as Premier of Newfoundland from 1865 to 1870 and from 1874 to 1878.

Carter was born on February 12, 1819 in St. John's, Newfoundland to Peter Weston Carter, a merchant, and Sydney Carter (née Livingstone).^[2] He was the grandson of William Carter and 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 was Speaker from 1861 to 1865. 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.^[3] 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 the confederation until 1949, Carter is considered one of the Fathers of Confederation. Carter became Premier a second time in 1874, serving until 1878, but had dropped the issue of joining Canada. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1878.

In 1880, Carter was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, succeeding Sir Hugh Hoyles, and served in the post until 1898.^[4] During his term as Chief Justice, Carter was a valued advisor for the Colonial Governors of Newfoundland and acted as administrator of the colony in their absence.^[5]

Carter was a Freemason of St. John's Lodge, No. 579, a Newfoundland lodge under the United Grand Lodge of England.^[6]

He died in, St. John's, Newfoundland, on March 1, 1900, aged 81.^[7] His son Stanley went on to become a lawyer.^[8]

• Hiller, J.K. (1990). "Carter, Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington". In Halpenny, Francess G. (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XII (1891–1900) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
• Sir Frederic Bowker Terrington Carter