Robert Meek Carter

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Robert Meek Carter (1814–1882) was a British coal merchant and Liberal politician.

The Liberal Party was one of the two major parties in the United Kingdom with the opposing Conservative Party in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The party arose from an alliance of Whigs and free trade Peelites and Radicals favourable to the ideals of the American and French Revolutions in the 1850s. By the end of the 19th century, it had formed four governments under William Gladstone. Despite being divided over the issue of Irish Home Rule, the party returned to government in 1905 and then won a landslide victory in the following year's general election.

In 1850 he was elected to Leeds council as a Chartist, and was reelected in 1853.^[1] In 1868 he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Leeds, a position he held until his resignation in 1876.

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References

↑ Chartists in Leeds: Chartism.net

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Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Carter

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Preceded by George Skirrow Beecroft Edward Baines	Member of Parliament for Leeds 1868–1876 With: William St James Wheelhouse 1868–1876 Edward Baines 1868–1874 Robert Tennant 1874–1876	Succeeded by William St James Wheelhouse Robert Tennant John Barran

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[1] Chartists in Leeds: Chartism.net