# Duncan Carter

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{{Short description|Barbadian cricketer (1939–2008)}}
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|         birth_place = [Christ Church, Barbados](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Barbados)
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|                date = 13 November 2020
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51546.html Cricinfo
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'''Duncan Carter''' (6 November 1939 &ndash; 20 August 2008) was a Barbadian [cricket](/source/cricket)er and politician. He played in one [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) match for the [Barbados cricket team](/source/Barbados_national_cricket_team) in 1964/65.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51546.html |title=Duncan Carter |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=13 November 2020}}</ref> He also served as a [member of parliament](/source/member_of_parliament) for the [Parliament of Barbados](/source/Parliament_of_Barbados) from 1994 to 2003.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Former BCA Board member Duncan Carter dies at 68|url=https://www.bcacricket.org/articles.php?link=857|url-status=live|access-date=15 July 2021|website=Barbados Cricket Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715215333/https://www.bcacricket.org/articles.php?link=857 |archive-date=15 July 2021 }}</ref>

== Life ==
Carter was born on 6 November 1939 in Vauxhall, [Christ Church](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Barbados). He played cricket for the [Royal Barbados Police Force](/source/Royal_Barbados_Police_Force) in the 1960s and played in England for [Littleborough Cricket Club](/source/Littleborough_Cricket_Club) in the [Central Lancashire League](/source/Central_Lancashire_Cricket_League). He was manager of the Barbados team in 1988. He was also a former chairman of the National Sports Council.<ref name=":0" /> 

He served in Parliament for the constituency of [Christ Church East Central](/source/Christ_Church_East_Central_(Barbados_Parliament_constituency)). He lost in the [1991 general election](/source/1991_Barbadian_general_election) but won at the next election, serving from 6 September 1994 to 21 May 2003 as a representative of the [Barbados Labour Party](/source/Barbados_Labour_Party).<ref name=":0" />

He married Pauline and they have two children, Desmond and Hazel. He died on 20 August 2008 in Warners Park, Christ Church.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
* [List of Barbadian representative cricketers](/source/List_of_Barbadian_representative_cricketers)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=51546}}

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