Peter Ross Landry is a retired Canadian police officer and politician.

Early life and career

Landry was born in

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. He served in the

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for 34 years.

Political career

In December 2008, Landry won the

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(NDP) nomination in the provincial riding of

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. Landry was elected in the 2009 provincial election and represented the riding until his defeat in the 2013 provincial election. Landry was appointed to the

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on June 19, 2009 where he served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Nova Scotia until October 22, 2013. On July 13, 2015, Landry announced that he was seeking the

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nomination in the

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riding for the

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. He won the nomination on July 26; in the election on October 19, he finished in third place behind Liberal Sean Fraser and

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Fred DeLorey.

References

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