David-Vital Landry (July 14, 1866 – December 18, 1929) was a medical doctor, farmer and political figure of

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descent in

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, Canada. He represented Kent County in the

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from 1908 to 1917 as a

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member. He was born in

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, the son of Vital J. Landry and Mathilde D. Cormier, and was educated at the College of Saint Joseph and the

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. He taught school for a time before he received his degree in medicine. He set up practice in Memramcook and then Bouctouche. In 1896, Landry married Annie-Marie Michaud.

Political life

David-Vital Landry served on the municipal council for Wellington. Landry served on the province's Executive Council as Commissioner for Agriculture, and then Provincial Secretary-Treasurer (Minister of Finance). Landry was defeated in 1917 and ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1920 and 1925. In 1927, Dr. Landry was named health officer for the northern counties. He died two years later in Bathurst at the age of 63 and was buried in the St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Cemetery in Bouctouche.

References

External links

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Landry, David V 1866 births 1929 deaths St. Joseph's College alumni Université Laval alumni Canadian schoolteachers Physicians from Newfoundland and Labrador Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick People from Westmorland County, New Brunswick People from Kent County, New Brunswick Politicians of Acadian descent New Brunswick municipal councillors Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick