Samuel Carter (Canadian politician)

Samuel Carter
MPP for Wellington South
In office
June 29, 1914 – September 23, 1919
Mayor of Guelph, Ontario
In office
1913–1914
Personal details
Born December 8, 1859
Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, England
Died June 16, 1944 (aged 84)
Guelph, Wellington, Ontario
Political party Liberal-Prohibitionist

Samuel Carter (December 8, 1859 – June 16, 1944) was an Ontario manufacturer and political figure. He represented Wellington South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1914 to 1919 as a Liberal-Prohibitionist member.

He was born in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, England, the son of Samuel Carter and came to Canada West in 1882. He owned a knitting mill. Carter served as mayor of Guelph from 1913 to 1914. He was vice-president of the Hydro-Electric Union and chairman of the Heat and Light Commission for the city. He was also president of the Workingman's Co-operative Association of Guelph. In 1909, he became the first president of the Co-operative Union of Canada (later part of the Canadian Co-operative Association), serving until 1921. Carter was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the federal parliament in 1921. He died at his home in Guelph in 1944.[1]

Carter donated the Elms Park playing field to the village of Ruddington in 1931.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Canadian Manufacturers' Association (1944). Industrial Canada (v. 45, nos. 1-6). Canadian Manufacturers' Association. ISSN 0019-8056. Retrieved 2014-12-13.
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