Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton (October 11, 1843 – November 20, 1919) was a Canadian newspaperman, politician, and businessman. He served as a BC MLA from 1890 to 1900 and from 1903 to 1916. Born in Shoreditch (London), England, the son of Francis Cotton and Martha Ann Garrison, he was the co-owner and editor of the Vancouver, British Columbia Daily News-Advertiser newspaper from 1887 to 1910. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 1890 and was re-elected in 1894 and 1898. He was defeated in 1900. He died in 1919.