Denis Landry was born on November 13,1957 and is the Mayor of Hautes-Terres and a former MLA and Leader of the Opposition in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.
13 Facts About Denis Landry
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Denis Landry was born in Val-Doucet, New Brunswick and was educated at the Memramcook Institute, St Francis Xavier University and the Universite de Moncton.
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Denis Landry was a logger for 17 years before working for the Canadian Paperworkers Union as local secretary-treasurer and later local president.
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Denis Landry 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.
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Denis Landry later became a sales representative at a car dealership.
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Denis Landry was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1995 and re-elected in 2003,2006,2010,2014,2018, and 2020.
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Denis Landry was defeated in his first bid for re-election in 1999.
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Denis Landry was Minister of Justice in the government of Brian Gallant from 2016 until the Liberals lost power in 2018.
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Denis Landry served in other cabinet roles since beginning of the Gallant administration in 2014.
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Denis Landry was chosen interim leader of the Liberal Party of New Brunswick on February 12,2019, following the resignation of Brian Gallant.
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Denis Landry represented during the 57th Legislative Assembly the electoral district of Centre-Peninsule-Saint-Sauveur, though prior to the 2006 election the district was known simply as Centre-Peninsule.
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Denis Landry won re-election to the 58th Legislative Assembly in the Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore riding.
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Denis Landry was elected mayor of the new municipality of Hautes-Terres by acclamation in the 2022 New Brunswick municipal elections.