David John Carter (born April 6, 1934) is a Canadian politician, clergyman, photographer and author from Alberta. During his 14-year career in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Carter served as the 9th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Early life David John Carter was born April 6, 1934, in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to Archdeacon John Wilfred Carter and Mabel Louise Sheward. Carter was educated in Regina and later Medicine Hat. He attended the University of Manitoba completing a Bachelor of Arts in 1958, St. John's College completing a Licentiate of Theology in 1961 and Doctor of Divinity in 1968, and Vancouver School of Theology completing a Bachelor of Sacred Theology in 1968. Carter served on the Senate of the University of Calgary from 1971 to 1977, Dean of the Anglican Diocese of Calgary from 1969 to 1979, and member of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Board from 1986 to 1990. Carter stated in his 2016 book that he was sexually abused by an archbishop at a religious convention in Minneapolis in 1977. Political career Carter was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1979 Alberta general election as a Progressive Conservative from the district of Calgary-Millican, defeating Social Credit candidate and former MLA, Arthur J. Dixon by 1,995 votes. He would move to the Calgary-Egmont district in the 1982 Alberta general election, which he would hold until his retirement from politics in 1993. Carter was elected as the Speaker of the Assembly in 1986 during the 21st Alberta Legislature, and served through the 22nd Alberta Legislature until his retirement in 1993. As a clergyman, Carter was known for his strict rules as Speaker, going so far as to distribute a list of 172 words which were banned from the Legislature as unparliamentary language. Liberal Party of Alberta leader Nicholas Taylor was often critical of Carter as speaker, called out Carter in 1991 following a resolution to congratulate Baltej Singh Dhillon, the first RCMP officer to wear a turban, was defeated. Taylor yelled "shame" at the government and called Speaker Carter "one of the crappiest speakers [I've] ever seen". Taylor apologized the next day. Carter had previously ordered injured workers arrested for shouting from the public gallery in the Legislature, and controversially attended the Progressive Conservative convention as a speaker. Carter made light of his "iron-fisted" reputation by dawning a Bicorne and posing with Hand-in-waistcoat manner to elicit a comparison