Ted Richard

J. Edward "Ted" Richard (born: ) is a former territorial level politician, lawyer and Senior judge of the Northwest Territories Supreme Court. The Northwest Territories is a vast area in the northwestern section of Canada, just north of the Yukon.

Richard is a former lawyer, he was a partner in the law firm of Richard, Vertes, Peterson & Schuler in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. He practiced private law until 1988.

Richard was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the 1983 Northwest Territories general election. He won the Yellowknife South electoral district defeating incumbent Lynda Sorenson. Richard was re-elected to his second term in the 1987 Northwest Territories general election. He vacated his seat a year later when he was appointed to the Northwest Territories Supreme Court.

Richard was also appointed to serve as a judge in the Court of Appeal of Nunavut.cite web|url = http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/news/ja/1999/nu0314a.html | title = Judicial Appointments to the Nunavut Court of Appeal Announced | publisher = Department of Justice |date=March 24, 1999| accessdate=2007-09-23]

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