Edward Carter, QC (1 March 1822 – 27 September 1883) was a Canadian lawyer, professor and politician.

He worked as a manager in a commercial establishment from 1838 to 1840, then articled in law with Edward Short, Thomas Cushing Aylwin, F.W.

Primrose and John Rose, was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1845 and set up practice in Montreal.

He published A Treatise on the Law and Practice on Summary Convictions and Orders by Justices of the Peace in Upper and Lower Canada in 1856.

He was re-elected in the 1872 federal election and left politics after serving his full term in the 2nd Canadian Parliament.