Chesley William Carter (July 29, 1902 – January 14, 1994) was a

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Member of Parliament representing the riding of Burin—Burgeo and a

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for Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Biography

Born in Pass Island,

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,''Volume one, p. 363,

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'', . Carter was educated at Church of England School, Pass Island and

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, St. John's, and served in the

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from 1917 to 1919. In 1941, he joined the

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to fight in

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and discharged with the rank of Major in 1946. Carter entered politics in 1949, following Newfoundland's entry into Canadian Confederation, and was elected to the House of Commons as a Liberal in the 1949 federal election. He was re-elected in 1953, 1957 (when he was elected by

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),Elected by acclamation
at the

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; published October 15, 2008; retrieved March 14, 2014 1958, 1962, 1963 and 1965. On July 8, 1966 he was appointed to the Senate where he remained until he retired on July 28, 1977.

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