Marie-Marthe Aldéa Landry, (born December 27, 1945) is a lawyer and business woman in the Canadian province of

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who has been a civil servant, legal practitioner in the private sector, and a politician and cabinet minister. She was the first

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woman named as a cabinet minister in

, where she served as

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from 1987 to 1991.

Early life and education

She was born Marie-Marthe Aldéa Lanteigne in .Aldea Landry l'education la cle vers tout horizon
Acadie Nouvelle Landry received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the

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and a Bachelor of Laws from the

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. She graduated from the Directors Education Program offered by the ICD Corporate Governance College and the Rotman's School of Business, as well as of the Governance Essentials for Directors of Non-Profit Organizations and of the Financial Literacy Program for Directors and Executives.

Career

From 1971 to 1975, Landry was legal counsel with the New Brunswick Department of Justice working on the 1973 Revised Statutes of New Brunswick Project. From 1975 to 1977, Landry served as Director of Legal Translation and Computerization for the New Brunswick Department of Justice. From 1977 to 1987, she worked in private practice at the law firm of Tremblay, Landry, Landry. From 1987 to 1991 in the first term of the McKenna government she was deputy premier. She also held several other cabinet positions during this period: minister responsible for intergovernmental affairs 1987-88, acting Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture 1988-89, and acting Minister of Housing in 1991. In 1993, Landry became President of Landal Inc. since 1993, offering integrated services in organizational and business development, and in International Cooperation. She is vice-president of Diversis Inc., specializing in immigration and diversity, a co-owner of Boutique ProWeb, a specialist in e-commerce and e-marketing, and a partner/investor in several start-ups. Landry is a former chair of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Canada from 1995 to 2005 and of the

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from 2005 to 2008. She served as Chair of the Vitalité Health Network, the New Brunswick Healthcare Association, and as director of the Canadian Healthcare Association, the Canadian Investors Protection Fund, Norbord Inc., Fraser Papers Ltd., Twin River Papers Ltd., The Shaw Group Ltd., Moosehead Brewery Advisory Board, as well as the Wind Energy Institute of Canada. She presently sits on the board of directors and advisory boards of several corporations, and national and community organisations, including, The Bragg Group of Companies, The Bennett Group of Companies, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Populus Global Solutions Ltd., Accreditation Canada and Accreditation Canada International, Desjardins General Insurance Group, the Canadian University of Dubai, the Desjardins Movement and Desjardins Financial Pancanadian Advisory Committee and is Chancellor of Université Sainte-Anne, in Nova Scotia.

Awards and recognition

Appointed Queen's Counsel in 1987 (Q.C.) (which changed to K.C. upon the

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& the accession of

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on 8 September 2022), and to the

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in 2005 (P.C.). She was awarded the

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in 2006 (C.M.), and received The

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in 2012. She holds honorary Doctorate degrees from four universities. In 2003, she was chosen by Progress Magazine as one of 20 Atlantic Canadians who represent the spirit of progress in Atlantic Canada. She was also recipient, in 2009, of the prix Muriel Fergusson Award created by the Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce to recognize outstanding women in business and leadership roles. In 2009 and in 2010, she was named Top 100: Canada's Most Powerful Women by the Women's Executive Network. She is the first recipient of the Brunswick Muriel Corkery-Ryan Women Lawyers Forum Leadership award. In 2013, she was inducted in the New Brunswick Business Hall of Fame and was awarded the

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in 2014.

Notes

References

List of Women MLAs, New Brunswick Legislative Library
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