Frederick Carter

Sir Frederick 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 cofederation 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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Premier of Newfoundland
Preceded by: Sir Hugh Hoyles 1861-1865	First premiership (1865-1870)	Followed by: Charles Fox Bennett 1870-1875
Preceded by: Charles Fox Bennett 1870-1875	Second premiership (1875-1885)	Followed by: Sir William Whiteway 1878-1894