Background
He was born in Canterbury, one of twelve children of John Durling and his wife Mary (Ritchie) Durling.
He was born in Canterbury, one of twelve children of John Durling and his wife Mary (Ritchie) Durling.
In the 1935 New Brunswick general election he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as the Liberal Party candidate for the multi-member riding of New York He died unexpectedly in 1936.