Richard Durante

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name=Richard John Joseph Durante

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birth_date=birth date and age|1930|8|17
birth_place=New Westminster, British Columbia
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riding=Comox—Alberni
term_start=June 1968
term_end=February 1969
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profession=supervising principal
party=Liberal
party colour=Liberal Party of Canada
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Richard John Joseph Durante (born 17 August 1930 at New Westminster, British Columbia) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a supervising principal by career.

In the 1968 general election, Tom Barnett was initially declared the winner of the Comox—Alberni riding over Durante by a three-vote margin. But the Liberals demanded a recount whose result gave Durante a nine-vote lead, therefore giving Durante the seat in Parliament. However, Barnett and his party's riding association filed a court challenge which concluded on 3 February 1969 with a ruling that twelve Canadian Forces members were ineligible to vote at Comox—Alberni, and therefore invalidated the riding's election results. [cite news | title=Liberal victory ruled invalid by B.C. court | publisher="The Globe and Mail" | date=4 February 1969 | page=2 | author=The Canadian Press ] This led to a by-election on 8 April 1969 which Barnett won against Durante, therefore cutting short the Liberal candidate's career in federal politics.

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