Rufus Seaman Carter was a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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, Canada. He represented Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...

 from 1911 to 1920 as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Nova Scotia

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 member.

He was born in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

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, the son of William Dobson Carter and Elizabeth Ann Reed. Carter attended the military college in Fredericton, New Brunswick

Fredericton, New Brunswick

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. He went to sea for a time but returned to farming after his father's death. Carter was also involved in the lumber trade with the United States

United States

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 and Great Britain

Great Britain

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. In 1894, he married Ella Mabel Morris. Carter served several years as a member of the municipal council.