- Pierre-Amand Landry
Sir Pierre-Amand Landry (
May 1 1846 –July 28 1916 ) was anAcadian lawyer, judge and political figure inNew Brunswick . He represented Westmorland County in theLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1870 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1883. He represented Kent in theCanadian House of Commons from 1883 to 1890 as a Conservative member.He was born in
Memramcook, New Brunswick , the son ofAmand Landry and Pélagie Caissie, and was educated in Memramcook and Fredericton. He taught school for a time, articled in the law office ofAlbert James Smith and was called to the bar in 1871, becoming the first Acadian lawyer in the province. Landry set up practice in Dorchester. In 1872, he married Bridget Annie McCarthy. In 1875, he helped defend nine Acadians charged with killing an English protester at a demonstration by Acadians against a public school tax. Landry served in the province's Executive Council as Commissioner of Public Works from 1878 to 1882 and provincial secretary from 1882 to 1883. As Commissioner of Public Works, he was responsible for the construction of a new provincial building for the assembly; the old building had burned in 1880. In 1881, he was namedQueen's Counsel . Landry was elected to the House of Commons in an 1883 by-election afterGilbert-Anselme Girouard accepted the position of customs collector. In 1890, he was named judge in the county court of Westmorland and Kent and, in 1893, was appointed to the Supreme Court of New Brunswick. Landry was knighted in June 1916. He died in Dorchester later that year at the age of 70.References
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* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item={6119CDE3-2C8A-48B8-9698-B990D4FD0219}&Language=E Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
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