Facts: - successor: charles ernest gault - party: liberal - death date: 09 august 1906 - predecessor: matthew hutchinson - office: member division no. 5 of the legislative assembly of quebec for montreal - term end: 1907 - term start: 1904 - birth date: 30 november 1844 - name: christopher benfield carter - image: christopher benfield carter.jpg - birth place: montreal , quebec Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of christopher benfield carter .
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christopher benfield carter -lrb- 30 november 1844 -- 9 august 1906 -rrb- was a canadian politician .born in montreal , the son of christopher carter and amelia jane coward , carter studied at the montreal high school , the commercial academy of sorel , and mcgill university .he was called to the bar of lower canada in 1866 .he was created a government of canada queen 's counsel in 1889 and a government of quebec queen 's counsel in 1899 .a practicing lawyer , he was batonnier of the bar of montreal from 1897 to 1898 and batonnier of the province from 1898 to 1899 .he was also treasurer of the canadian bar association .he was president of the people 's montreal building and the montreal and sorel railway .he was a member of the montreal city council from 1902 to 1906 .he was elected to the legislative assembly of quebec for the electoral district of montreal division no. 5 in 1904 .a liberal , he died in office in 1906 .he died in 1906 and was buried in st. james cemetery .