Background
He was born in Sydney to dealer Robert Thomas Carter and Elizabeth Maria Bonn.
He was born in Sydney to dealer Robert Thomas Carter and Elizabeth Maria Bonn.
He was a tailor and mercer who worked from George Street. He served on Sydney City Council from 1878 to 1884. In 1880 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for South Sydney, but he was defeated in 1882.
Carter died in Sydney in 1891.