J. Edward "Ted" Richard is a former territorial level politician, lawyer and senior judge of the

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. Richards, a former lawyer, was a partner in the law firm of Richard, Vertes, Peterson & Schuler in

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. He practised private law until 1988. Richard was first elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature in the

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. He won the

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electoral district defeating incumbent Lynda Sorensen. Richard was also appointed to serve as a judge in the Court of Appeal of Nunavut.

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