14 Facts About Bernard Landry

Bernard Landry was classically trained by the clergy and retained some Latin.

Bernard Landry received a degree in law from the Universite de Montreal, and a degree in economics and finance from Sciences Po Paris.

On February 9,2008, Bernard Landry hosted the final round of the Finance Quiz at the 2008 Financial Open at UQAM.

Bernard Landry died on November 6,2018, from complications of pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 81.

Bernard Landry was given a state funeral at Basilique Notre-Dame de Montreal.

Bernard Landry ran unsuccessfully in Joliette in the 1970 election and in Joliette-Montcalm in 1973.

Bernard Landry was a practising lawyer and a partner in the Montreal law firm of Lapointe Rosenstein when he was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 1976 general election in Fabre.

Bernard Landry was later Minister of International Relations and Exterior Commerce, and Minister of Finance in the same government.

Bernard Landry became Premier of Quebec on March 8,2001, following the resignation of Lucien Bouchard.

Bernard Landry was a Quebec sovereigntist advocating a supranational confederation of Quebec and Canada, inspired by the institutions of the European Union.

In 2001, Bernard Landry was critical about Quebec receiving an extra $1.5 billion in equalization payments calling it degrading Quebec status and accused Ottawa for short-changing the province for decades by stating "Receiving equalization payments for more than 40 years in a row is clear evidence that the central government failed in redistributing real wealth,".

Bernard Landry subsequently apologized but insisted that his words had been mistranslated.

Bernard Landry's opponents used the controversy to undermine his national political cachet.

In 2003, Bernard Landry lost the Quebec general election to Jean Charest's Quebec Liberal Party.