Career
He began teaching at Perth Boys' School as an assistant master when he was eighteen. Carson went on to become headmaster of the Geraldton Boys School in August 1878.
In 1887, he joined the staff of the Victorian Express and was soon the editor. In July 1892, he was appointed inaugural editor of the Geraldton and Murchison Telegraph. In 1895, he went to work at the Daily News.
In January 1896, he worked for The West Australian, eventually becoming associate editor. In 1912 ,he became editor of the Western Mail and in 1917 conducted the West Australian's case in the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration case that determined the first journalists' award. He also travelled to the Western Front and the United Kingdom in 1918 as Western Australia's press representative.
Carson ran for parliament at the 1922 federal election, unsuccessfully contesting Perth as one of four endorsed Nationalists. He returned to journalism retiring in 1938 until he resumed work in 1941 as a result of staff shortages caused by World War II.
Carson also had an active career in social work, founding the Infant Health Association and serving as president of the Silver Chain District Nursing Association and chairman of the Bush Nursing Society.
