Arthur John Carter
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The Hon Arthur Carter |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
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In office 15 July 1901 – 4 November 1917 |
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Arthur John Carter 27 September 1847 St Ives, Huntingdonshire, England |
| Died | 4 November 1917 (aged 70) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | South Brisbane Cemetery |
| Nationality | English Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Nodes (m.1867 d.1871), Frances Eliza Elgin Koch (née Johnson) (m.1872, d.1936) |
| Alma mater | King's College, London |
| Occupation | Diplomatic service |
Arthur John Carter (27 September 1847 – 4 November 1917), was an English born prominent businessman in Australia, Australian Consul to Norway and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council (1901–17) who was made an officer of the Académie française in 1911 and received the Norwegian Order of St Olav in 1912.
Carter was born on 27 September 1847 at St Ives, Huntingdonshire, England, the son of Charles Carter, a Wesleyan minister, and his wife Margaret (née Jarvis). He was educated at Woodhouse Grove School, Bedford Modern School and King's College London.
Following university, Carter moved briefly to France before returning to become an underwriter at Lloyd's of London in 1863. In January 1871, Carter emigrated to Brisbane, Australia by the Light Brigade.
Soon after his arrival in Brisbane, Carter joined the merchants J. & G. Harris where he remained until 1876. He ‘became Brisbane manager of the Adelaide Milling & Mercantile Co., and held directorships in Millaquin Sugar Co., John Hicks & Co., Dath Henderson & Co. and J. Leutenegger Limited, and was chairman of directors of E. Rich & Co. Limited and of Queensland Trustees Limited. He was also agent for several overseas insurance companies’.
Following in the footsteps of the Queensland politician George Harris, Carter became Vice-Consul for Sweden and Norway, consular agent for France in 1902 and Consul for Norway in 1906. He was ‘President of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce for five terms (1898-1906), and was active in the Immigration League of Queensland, the Committee of Fire Underwriters, the Marine Board, the Brisbane and South Brisbane fire brigades, the General Hospital, the Technical College, and the State committee for the selection of Rhodes Scholars’.
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