Godfrey Downes Carter (1830 – 29 April 1902) was an Australian businessman, politician and
mayor of Melbourne
This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of the City of Melbourne, a Local government in Australia, local government area of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia.
Mayors (1842–1902)
Lord mayors (1902–1980)
The title of "Lord ...
from 1884 to 1885.
Born in
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
the son of a slaveholder, Carter was educated in England, and migrated to Australia in 1853. He would ultimately benefit from the compensation his father received from the British government for 22 slaves upon the abolition of slavery.
[ ] Following his term as mayor, Carter represented the
Electoral district of West Melbourne in the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne.
The presidin ...
from 1885 to 1889. Carter died in
South Yarra, Victoria
South Yarra is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the Cities of City of Melbourne, Melbourne and City of Sto ...
on 29 April 1902.
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1830 births
1902 deaths
English emigrants to colonial Australia
Mayors and Lord Mayors of Melbourne
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Treasurers of Victoria
Jamaican emigrants to Australia
19th-century Australian politicians