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Law School. In 1960 he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and then studied Law
at the University of Oxford for three years, completed a BA Jurispr in 1962 and was
admitted to the degree of MA in 1966. Judge Landry was called to the Bar in 1964.
He was senior partner of the law firm Landry & McIntyre and had practiced law for
21 years when he was appointed to the Bench in 1985. He became a supernumerary
judge in 2001 and retired from the bench in 2011. On the unanimous recommendation
of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly Judge Landry was appointed Conflict
of Interest Commissioner and served as such for two years between September
2013 and July 2015.
Obituaries
He received Honorary Doctorates from St. Thomas University (1973) and from
Université de Moncton (1977) and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1978.
Before his appointment to the Bench, he was very active in business and public affairs.
He had been Mayor of Shediac, Chairman of the Board of Governors of Université
de Moncton, Chairman of The New Brunswick Liquor Corporation, First Chairman
of the N.B. Extra Mural Hospital, Chairman of the N.B. Bicentennial Commission,
Director and Member of the Executive Committee of the New Brunswick Telephone
Co. Ltd., President of the P.C. Party of N.B., Member of the Board of Directors
of the Dumont Hospital, President of the Construction Committee of the Dumont
Hospital, Secretary of the N.B. Union of Towns, Founding Co-president of the N.B.
Association of Nursing Homes, Vice-president of the Southeastern Tourist Bureau,
N.B. Representative at the Uniform Law Conference, President of Natgas Ltd., and
a Founding Director of Villa Providence Shediac Inc.
In the past, Mr Landry has been a director of Atlantic Region Canadian Council of
Christians and Jews, a director of the New Brunswick Heart Foundation and Atlantic
Co-Chairman of the Université de Moncton Fund Raising Campaign. He has been
a member of the Moncton Rotary Club, the N.B. Barristers' Society, the Moncton
Barristers' Society, the Association of Insurance Attorneys, the Canadian Judges
Conference, the NB Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, the Moncton Board
of Trade and the Shediac Chamber of Commerce.
He has served as Secretary of the Shediac Lions Club and was PC candidate for
the provincial riding of Shediac in 1982.
Mr Landry was a member of the Ordre des Régents et des Régentes de l'Université
de Moncton, a Paul Harris Fellow, recipient of the Golden Jubilee Medal and
Commander, Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Alfreda (nee Léger); two children: Christian
(Marilène) of Moncton and Chantal (Ronald Soucy) of Clifton Royal, NB; four siblings:
Merville of Beresford, Bernice Desjardins (Adrien) of Moncton, Murielle Cormier (René)
of Dieppe and Jean-Guy (Emma) of Grand-Barachois; four sisters-in-law: Imelda
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