Denis Landry

Denis Landry (born November 13, 1957) is the Mayor of Hautes-Terre and a former MLA and Leader of the Opposition in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Landry was a Cabinet Minister in the governments of Shawn Graham and Brian Gallant.

Denis Landry
Mayor of Hautes-Terre
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2023
Preceded by	Position created
Leader of the Opposition
In office February 14, 2019 – September 28, 2020
Preceded by	Brian Gallant
Succeeded by	Roger Melanson
Leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Association
Interim
In office February 12, 2019 – April 24, 2019
Preceded by	Brian Gallant
Succeeded by	Kevin Vickers
New Brunswick Executive Council Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure In office October 5, 2018 – November 9, 2018 Premier Brian Gallant Preceded by Bill Fraser Succeeded by Bill Oliver Minister of Public Safety and Justice In office June 6, 2016 – November 9, 2018 Premier Brian Gallant Preceded by Stephen Horsman Succeeded by Andrea Anderson-Mason (Justice) Carl Urquhart (Public Safety) Minister of Natural Resources In office October 7, 2014 – June 6, 2016 Premier Brian Gallant Preceded by Paul Robichaud Succeeded by Rick Doucet (Energy and Resource Development) Minister of Human Resources In office October 7, 2014 – June 6, 2016 Premier Brian Gallant Preceded by Robert Trevors Succeeded by Roger Melanson Minister of Transportation In office October 3, 2006 – October 12, 2010 Premier Shawn Graham Preceded by Paul Robichaud Succeeded by Claude Williams
Parliamentary constituencies Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore (Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur; 1995–2014) In office June 9, 2003 – November 27, 2022 Preceded by Louis-Philippe McGraw Succeeded by Susan Holt In office September 11, 1995 – June 7, 1999 Preceded by Riding established Succeeded by Louis-Philippe McGraw
Personal details
Born	(1957-11-13) November 13, 1957 Val-Doucet, New Brunswick, Canada
Political party	Liberal Association

Background

Landry was born in Val-Doucet, New Brunswick and was educated at the Memramcook Institute, St. Francis Xavier University and the Université de Moncton. 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 Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1995 and re-elected in 2003, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2020. He was defeated in his first bid for re-election in 1999.

Landry was Minister of Justice in the government of Brian Gallant 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 Liberal Party of New Brunswick on February 12, 2019, following the resignation of Brian Gallant.

Landry represented during the 57th Legislative Assembly the electoral district of Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur, 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 Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore riding. He resigned on November 27, 2022.

Landry was elected mayor of the new municipality of Hautes-Terres by acclamation in the 2022 New Brunswick municipal elections.