Edward Carter, (1 March 1822 – 27 September 1883) was a

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lawyer, professor and politician. Carter was a member of the

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for the Brome electoral district in Quebec. He also represented Montréal-Centre in the

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from 1867 to 1871. His name appears as Edward Brock Carter in some sources. Born in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada (now Quebec), the son of George Carter and Mary Ann Short, he was educated in Trois-Rivières and at the Collège de Nicolet. He worked as a manager in a commercial establishment from 1838 to 1840, then articled in law with Edward Short,

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, F.W. Primrose and John Rose, was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1845 and set up practice in

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. Carter was crown clerk and associate clerk of the peace for Montreal district from 1862 to 1866. In 1862, he was named

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. Carter was an associate professor of criminal law and later professor emeritus at

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. He published ''A Treatise on the Law and Practice on Summary Convictions and Orders by Justices of the Peace in Upper and Lower Canada'' in 1856. Carter was defeated in Montréal-Centre and in Châteauguay when he ran for reelection to the Quebec assembly in 1871. He served in the

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for the

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from 17 November 1871, replacing

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. He was re-elected in the 1872 federal election and left politics after serving his full term in the

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. He was a governor for Bishop's College and served as solicitor for the Montreal diocese of the Anglican church. In 1850, he married Mary Jane Kerr. Carter died in Montreal at the age of 61.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Edward 1822 births 1883 deaths Lawyers in Quebec Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Canadian King's Counsel