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CHRISTOPHER-BENFIELD CARTER

Représentant du Quartier Ouest,

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re-elected as siich on the ist May 1898. In May of the sanie year he was elected by acclamation Bâtonnier General of the Province of Québec. On retiring from office in May 1899, Mr. Carter was presented with an address by the Bar of Montréal, in acknowledgment of the many services he had rendered, Mr. Carter was also elected Treasurer of the Canadian Bar Association.

He is the Président of the People's Mutual Building Society of Montréal, and was, on the ist Februar}^ 1902, elected by acclamation an alderman of the West Ward of the City.

Just as he has always been considered as one of the most distinguished lawyers of the Province, he has come to be considered one of the strongest man in the Cit}' Council.

He is a member of the Church of England, is unmarried, and a member of the St. James Club, Montréal.

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