Walter C. Carter

Who was Walter C. Carter?

Walter C. Carter was a Canadian politician.

Born in Greenspond, Newfoundland and Labrador, he was deputy mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of St. John's West in the 1968 federal election. A Progressive Conservative, he was re-elected in 1972 and 1974. After resigning from the House of Commons to seek provincial office, he tried to return to federal politics as a Liberal but was defeated in 1979 and 1984. He was again elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly and was Minister of Fisheries in the cabinets of Frank Moores, Brian Peckford and Clyde Wells. He retired in 1996.

His memoir, Never a Dull Moment, was published in 1998.