Peter Ross Landry is a retired Canadian police officer and politician.
Ross Landry | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Pictou Centre | |
| In office June 19, 2009 – October 8, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Pat Dunn |
| Succeeded by | Pat Dunn |
| Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia | |
| In office June 19, 2009 – October 22, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Cecil Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Lena Diab |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Trenton, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Occupation | police officer |
Early life and career
editLandry was born in Trenton, Nova Scotia.[1] He served in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for 34 years.[2]
Political career
editIn 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
edit- ^ "Honourable Ross Landry". Nova Scotia Legislature. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Landry rides orange wave to the top". The News. June 10, 2009. Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Atlantic Canada's 1st NDP government takes office in Nova Scotia". CBC News. June 19, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
- ^ "Former MLA Ross Landry to seek federal NDP nomination in Central Nova". CBC News. July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Central Nova Liberals, NDP and Conservatives pick candidates". CBC News. July 26, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Central Nova (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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