Carter served as acting President of Trinidad and Tobago in 1990, during which he signed an amnesty declaration,[2] related to the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt.
[1] The amnesty, after a long and convoluted series of legal proceedings, was eventually deemed invalid by the Privy Council, overturning local judgments.
After independence, he became Clerk of the Senate and Deputy Administrative Head of Parliament in 1964 and exofficio assistant secretary of the local CPA branch.
Carter served for 25 years as secretary and assistant secretary of the local CPA branch, and during that time he was able to engage parliamentary conferences all over the Commonwealth—in Uganda, Bahamas, in Trinidad and Tobago, Malawi, Sri Lanka, India, Canada, New Zealand, Fiji, Kenya, United Kingdom, Malaysia and Saskatchewan in Canada.
Carter was married to Barbara (née Jadunath) and was the father of four - son Wayne and daughters Ann Marie, Lisa and Julia.