Jean Landry (politician)

Jean Landry
Member of Parliament
for Lotbinière
In office
1993–1997
Preceded byMaurice Tremblay
Succeeded byOdina Desrochers
Personal details
Born (1948-10-03) 3 October 1948 (age 76)
Saint-Valère, Quebec, Canada
Political partyPeople's Party of Canada (since 2021)
Other political
affiliations		Bloc Québécois (until 2021)
Professionphotographer, food preparation

Jean Landry (born 3 October 1948 in Saint-Valère, Quebec) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 1997. His career has included photography and food preparation.[1]

He was elected in the Lotbinière electoral district under the Bloc Québécois party in the 1993 federal election, thus he served in the 35th Canadian Parliament.[2] In Parliament, he questioned the government's policies on subsidies for dairy farmers.[3] Upon the creation of the Canada Health and Social Transfer, Landry referred to it as "one of the worst incursions of federalism into provincial jurisdiction".[4]

During the 1997 federal election, he faced a contested nominating convention within the BQ. Landry described himself as a "militant" member of the Parti Quebecois and accused other PQ members of infiltrating the local riding association.[1] He came in 3rd place in the nomination convention, losing to Odina Desrochers.[1] Landry decided to run as an independent and received 6% of the vote.[1]

He joined the federalist Progressive Conservative party for the 2000 federal election and unsuccessfully campaigned for a Parliamentary seat in the Lotbinière—L'Érable riding. After electoral districts were restructured, Landry made another unsuccessful bid for Parliament in the 2004 federal election at the Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière riding, after his party became the Conservative party. He campaigned for the Conservatives again in the Richmond—Arthabaska riding in the 2006 general election.[5]

In the 2021 Canadian federal election, Landry was the People's Party of Canada candidate in Trois-Rivières, but finished in 5th place.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d Hill, Tony L (2002). Canadian politics, riding by riding : an in-depth analysis of Canada's 301 federal electoral districts. Prospect Park Press. p. 111. ISBN 9780972343602. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Lotbinière – Chutes-de-la-Chaudière". CBC News. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. ^ Wilson, Barry (28 March 1996). "Loss of dairy subsidy may be picked up by consumer". The Western Producer. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. ^ Choudhry, Sujit (Summer 2002). "Recasting Social Canada: A Reconsideration of Federal Jurisdiction over Social Policy". The University of Toronto Law Journal. 52 (3): 210. doi:10.2307/825995. JSTOR 825995.
  5. ^ Castonguay, Alec (23 May 2007). "PC: grogne chez les militants du Québec". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Jean Landry on VoteMate". VoteMate. Retrieved 7 March 2023.