Carter Edwards

{{Short description|Australian entertainer}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Carter Edwards

| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|OAM}}

| image = Carter Edwards Aus.jpeg

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| birth_name = Alfred Edward Carter

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1942|05|03}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2024|03|10|1942|03|05}}

| death_place = Boolaroo, NSW, Australia

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| children = 4

| occupation = Entertainer

| yearsactive =

}}

Carter Edwards {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} was an Australian music legend with an Order of Australia Medal in 2020 for his time in radio presenting and winner of two Mo Awards as "Australia's Most Versatile Entertainer".{{Citation | title=[Biographical cuttings on Carter Edwards, entertainer, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals] | publication-date=1900 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35878330 | access-date=29 March 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Luke |first1=Dilon |title=Two locals recognised in Australia Day Honours List |url=https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/central-coast/news/2020/02/two-locals-recognised-in-australia-day-honours-list/ |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=Coast Community News |date=4 February 2020 |language=en-AU}}

He was the singing painter for nine years in the highly successful Clio International Award, winning "I Did It My Way" television commercials for Taubman's Paints.

Edwards ran as a candidate for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party for the federal division of Dobell in the 2016 Australian federal election.{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Denice |title=Radio star and entertainer Carter Edwards to run for Dobell as One Nation candidate |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central-coast/radio-star-and-entertainer-carter-edwards-to-run-for-dobell-as-one-nation-candidate/news-story/b91de53a815586a5bacfc80525cdd37e |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph |agency=Central Coast Gosford Express Advocate |date=2 June 2016 |language=en-AU}} He polled 8,326 votes, equivalent of 8.61% of the primary votes in the electorate.{{cite web |title=Dobell, NSW - Tally Room |url=https://results.aec.gov.au/20499/Website/HouseDivisionPage-20499-115.htm |website=Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=29 May 2024 |date=28 July 2016}}

In March 2024 Carter died at the age of 81.{{Cite web |last=Varvaris |first=Mary |title=Famed Australian Country Music Broadcaster Carter Edwards Passes Away |url=https://countrytown.com/news/famed-australian-country-music-broadcaster-carter-edwards-passes-away/cYvPZWRnZmk/13-03-24 |access-date=2024-03-28 |website=Countrytown |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Vale Carter Edwards |url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/vale-carter-edwards/}}