Denis Landry (born November 13, 1957) is the Mayor of

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and a former MLA and

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in the

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, Canada. Landry was a Cabinet Minister in the governments of

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and

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Background

Landry was born in

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and was educated at the Memramcook Institute,

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and the

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. 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.

Politics

Landry was elected to the

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1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

and re-elected in

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, and

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. He was defeated in his first bid for re-election in

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. Landry was Minister of Justice in the government of

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

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on February 12, 2019, following the resignation of

. Landry represented during the 57th Legislative Assembly the

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, 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

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riding. He resigned on November 27, 2022. Landry was elected mayor of the new municipality of

by acclamation in the

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References

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