Ted Richard

J. Edward "Ted" Richard is a former territorial level politician, lawyer and senior judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories. Richard, a former lawyer, was a partner in the law firm of Richard, Vertes, Peterson & Schuler in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. He practised private law until 1988.[1]

Richard was first elected to the Northwest Territories legislature to represent Yellowknife South in a 1984 by-election, defeating Yellowknife city councillor Pat McMahon, after incumbent MLA Lynda Sorenson stepped down to run as the Liberal candidate for Western Arctic in the 1984 Canadian federal election.[2] He won reelection in the 1987 Northwest Territories general election, but resigned his seat in the legislature in 1988 upon his appointment to the court.[3]

Richard was also appointed to serve as a judge in the Court of Appeal of Nunavut.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Judicial Appointments to the Nunavut Court of Appeal Announced". Department of Justice. March 24, 1999. Archived from the original on November 16, 2003. Retrieved 2007-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Lawyer elected". Calgary Herald, October 17, 1984.
  3. ↑ Nancy Campbell, "First northern lawyer named to N.W.T. court". Whitehorse Star, September 29, 1988.


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