Walter Carmichael Carter (8 March 1929 – 20 January 2002) was a

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politician. Born in

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, he was educated there and at

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. He was elected to

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in 1961. Carter was elected to the

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in 1962 and was deputy mayor of St. John's from 1966 to 1968. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of

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in the 1968 federal election. A Progressive Conservative, he was re-elected in

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

and

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

. After resigning from the House of Commons to seek provincial office, he tried to return to federal politics but was defeated in

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

(as a Progressive Conservative) and

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

(as a Liberal). He was again elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly and was Minister of Fisheries in the cabinets of

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and Clyde Wells. He retired in 1996. His memoir, ''Never a Dull Moment'' (Creative Publishers, ), was published in 1998.

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1929 births 2002 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador city councillors 20th-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{NewfoundlandLabrador-MP-stub