Denis Landry

Denis Landry (born November 13, 1957) is the Mayor of Hautes-Terre and a former MLA and Leader of the Opposition in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Landry was a Cabinet Minister in the governments of Shawn Graham and Brian Gallant.

Denis Landry
Mayor of Hautes-Terre
Assumed office
January 1, 2023
Preceded byPosition created
Leader of the Opposition
In office
February 14, 2019 – September 28, 2020
Preceded byBrian Gallant
Succeeded byRoger Melanson
Leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Association
Interim
In office
February 12, 2019 – April 24, 2019
Preceded byBrian Gallant
Succeeded byKevin Vickers
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure
In office
October 5, 2018 – November 9, 2018
PremierBrian Gallant
Preceded byBill Fraser
Succeeded byBill Oliver
Minister of Public Safety and Justice
In office
June 6, 2016 – November 9, 2018
PremierBrian Gallant
Preceded byStephen Horsman
Succeeded byAndrea Anderson-Mason (Justice)
Carl Urquhart (Public Safety)
Minister of Natural Resources
In office
October 7, 2014 – June 6, 2016
PremierBrian Gallant
Preceded byPaul Robichaud
Succeeded byRick Doucet (Energy and Resource Development)
Minister of Human Resources
In office
October 7, 2014 – June 6, 2016
PremierBrian Gallant
Preceded byRobert Trevors
Succeeded byRoger Melanson
Minister of Transportation
In office
October 3, 2006 – October 12, 2010
PremierShawn Graham
Preceded byPaul Robichaud
Succeeded byClaude Williams
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore
(Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur; 1995–2014)
In office
June 9, 2003 – November 27, 2022
Preceded byLouis-Philippe McGraw
Succeeded bySusan Holt
In office
September 11, 1995 – June 7, 1999
Preceded byRiding established
Succeeded byLouis-Philippe McGraw
Personal details
Born (1957-11-13) November 13, 1957
Val-Doucet, New Brunswick, Canada
Political partyLiberal Association

Background

Landry was born in Val-Doucet, New Brunswick and was educated at the Memramcook Institute, St. Francis Xavier University and the Université de Moncton. He was a logger for 17 years before working for the Canadian Paperworkers Union as local secretary-treasurer and later local president. He has served as President of the Acadian Peninsula Labour Council and president of the coalition against changes in unemployment insurance, a coalition composed of 15 different organizations. Landry later became a sales representative at a car dealership.[1]

Politics

Landry was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1995 and re-elected in 2003, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2020. He was defeated in his first bid for re-election in 1999.

Landry was Minister of Justice in the government of Brian Gallant from 2016 until the Liberals lost power in 2018. He served in other cabinet roles since beginning of the Gallant administration in 2014.

Landry was chosen interim leader of the Liberal Party of New Brunswick on February 12, 2019, following the resignation of Brian Gallant.

Landry represented during the 57th Legislative Assembly the electoral district of Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur, though prior to the 2006 election the district was known simply as Centre-Péninsule.

Landry won re-election to the 58th Legislative Assembly in the Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore riding. He resigned on November 27, 2022.

Landry was elected mayor of the new municipality of Hautes-Terres by acclamation in the 2022 New Brunswick municipal elections.[2][3]

References
  1. archived version of Landry's MLA Bio, Government of New Brunswick
  2. "Longtime Liberal MLA Denis Landry announces jump to municipal politics". CBC. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  3. "2022 Local Government Elections". Elections NB. Retrieved November 27, 2022.


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