Carrick was born in
Port Arthur, Ontario, the son of
John James Carrick. He studied at the
University of Toronto,
Osgoode Hall Law School, and
Harvard Law School. He represented Canada as a light-heavyweight boxer at the
1928 Summer Olympics in
Amsterdam, where he won his first-round bout against
Jean Welter of
Luxembourg, but then lost on points to the eventual Olympic champion,
Víctor Avendaño of
Argentina. In golf, he was coached as a youth by Newell Senour at the Scarboro Club, won the 1923 Ontario Junior Championship, the
Canadian Amateur Championship in 1925 and 1927, and the Ontario Amateur Championship in 1926 and 1933. Carrick served as a
Lieutenant-Colonel in the
Canadian Army during
World War II. He was elected to the
House of Commons of Canada in a 1954 by-election, held after the death of
Lionel Conacher. Carrick played golf recreationally after 1933, at the Scarboro and Rosedale Golf Clubs in Toronto. He was elected to the
Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1997. ==Electoral record==