Ross Landry

The Honourable
Ross Landry
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
for Pictou Centre
In office
June 19, 2009 – October 8, 2013
Preceded byPat Dunn
Succeeded byPat Dunn
Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia
In office
June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013
Preceded byCecil Clarke
Succeeded byLena Diab
Personal details
BornTrenton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political partyNew Democrat
Occupationpolice officer

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

Early life and career

Landry was born in Trenton, Nova Scotia.[1] He served in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for 34 years.[2]

Political career

In December 2008, Landry won the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party (NDP) nomination in the provincial riding of Pictou Centre.[3] Landry was elected in the 2009 provincial election[4] and represented the riding until his defeat in the 2013 provincial election.[5]

Landry was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia on June 19, 2009 where he served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Nova Scotia until October 22, 2013.[6]

On July 13, 2015, Landry announced that he was seeking the New Democratic Party nomination in the Central Nova riding for the 42nd Canadian federal election.[7][8] He won the nomination on July 26; in the election on October 19, he finished in third place behind Liberal Sean Fraser and Conservative Fred DeLorey.[9]


2015 Canadian federal election: Central Nova
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Sean Fraser 25,909 58.53 +44.58 $113,362.49
Conservative Fred DeLorey 11,418 25.80 –29.49 $109,137.26
New Democratic Ross Landry 4,532 10.24 –16.57 $63,038.54
Green David Hachey 1,834 4.14 +0.34 $11,206.15
Independent Alexander J. MacKenzie 570 1.29 – –
Total valid votes/expense limit 44,263 100.00   $204,540.28
Total rejected ballots 233 0.52
Turnout 44,496 74.68
Eligible voters 59,585
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +37.04
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Honourable Ross Landry". Nova Scotia Legislature. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  2. ^ Laroche, Jean (July 13, 2015). "Former MLA Ross Landry to seek federal NDP nomination in Central Nova". CBC News. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "RCMP officer hands in badge, tosses hat into political ring". The News. December 20, 2008. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "Landry rides orange wave to the top". The News. June 10, 2009. Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  5. ^ "PC's Pat Dunn regains Pictou Centre seat". The News. October 8, 2013. Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  6. ^ "Atlantic Canada's 1st NDP government takes office in Nova Scotia". CBC News. June 19, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  7. ^ "Former MLA Ross Landry to seek federal NDP nomination in Central Nova". CBC News. July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  8. ^ "Ross Landry announces his candidacy for federal NDP in riding of Central Nova". Metro. Halifax. July 13, 2015. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  9. ^ "Central Nova Liberals, NDP and Conservatives pick candidates". CBC News. July 26, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  10. ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Central Nova (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  11. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine


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