MLA Bios -56th Legislature

Denis Landry was re-elected to represent the new riding of Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur in the provincial election held Sept. 18, 2006. He was sworn in as Minister of Transportation on Oct. 3, 2006.

The eldest of 11 children, he was born on Nov. 13, 1957, in Val-Doucet, N.B. After graduating from the Polyvalente Louis-Mailloux in Caraquet in 1975, he worked as a logger for 17 years. He served as secretary-treasurer and then president of the local chapter of the Canadian Paperworkers Union (CPU).

He completed various training courses: forestry instructor (Memramcook Institute), leadership (St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, N.S.), literacy instructor (Fredericton), and establishing small and medium-sized businesses (Université de Moncton in Shippagan).

He has served as president of the Acadian Peninsula Labour Council and president of the coalition against changes in unemployment insurance. He was the New Brunswick co-ordinator for the World Summit for Social Development. As a consultant, he was selected to go to Copenhagen, Denmark, in March 1995. More recently, he worked as a sales representative at a car dealership in the region.

First elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick on Sept. 11, 1995, as the first Member for the new constituency of Centre-Peninsule, he has served on the Standing Committees on Law Amendments, Public Accounts, and the Committee on Social Policy Renewal. He was a member of the Action Nord group, and was the only member to sit on the ministerial committee for the economic development of the Acadian Peninsula.

He was re-elected to the 55th Legislature in the provincial election held June 9, 2003. He was a member of the Standing Committee on Private Bills and the Select Committee on Wood Supply. As a member of the Official Opposition, he was the critic for areas of interest related to tourism and automobile insurance.

He and his wife Johanne have three children: Sébastien, Natacha and Cédric. He is very proud of the most recent addition to his family, his grandson Kassime, who was born Aug. 14, 2006.

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Transportation Constituency Office