Newton Ramsay Colter was a physician and political figure in New Brunswick

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, Canada. He represented Carleton

Carleton (New Brunswick electoral district)

Carleton was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917. It was created in 1867 as part of the British North America Act, and was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Victoria—Carleton...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1892 to 1896 as a Liberal

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 member.

He was born in Sheffield, New Brunswick

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, the son of Alexander Colter, a native of Ireland

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. Colter was educated at the Sackville Academy and at Harvard University

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, where he received an M.D.

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. In 1867, he was licensed to practice by the Royal College of Physicians

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 in London

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. Colter married E. Jane Hatt in 1871. He served as chairman of the Board of Health at Woodstock

Woodstock, New Brunswick

Woodstock is a Canadian town in Carleton County, New Brunswick located on the west bank of the Saint John River at the mouth of the Meduxnekeag River, 92 km west of Fredericton and close to the Canada – United States border and Houlton, Maine.- History :Woodstock was settled by Loyalists...

. Colter was defeated in a bid for reelection in 1896.