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Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington Carter (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 . 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 . EXTERNAL LINKS
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