Christopher Benfield Carter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Christopher Benfield Carter
- Christopher Benfield Carter (30 November 1844 – 9 August 1906) was a Canadian politician. Born in Montreal, the son of Christopher Carter and Amelia Jane Coward, Carter studied at the High School of Montreal, the Commercial Academy of Sorel, and McGill University.
- He was called to the Bar of Lower Canada in 1866.
- He was created a Government of Canada Queen's Counsel in 1889 and a Government of Quebec Queen's Counsel in 1899.
- A practicing lawyer, he was Bâtonnier of the Bar of Montreal from 1897 to 1898 and Bâtonnier of the Province from 1898 to 1899.
- He was also treasurer of the Canadian Bar Association.
- He was president of the People's Montreal Building and the Montreal and Sorel Railway. He was a member of the Montreal City Council from 1902 to 1906.
- He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Montréal division no.
- 5 in 1904 for the Quebec Liberal Party.
- He married Emma Blunden in 1905, but died in office on 9 August 1906.
- He was buried in St.
- James Cemetery.
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