He was born in Memramcook, New Brunswick, the son of Vital J. Landry and Mathilde D. Cormier, and was educated at the College of Saint Joseph and the Université Laval. He taught school for a time before he received his degree in medicine. He set up practice in Memramcook and then Bouctouche. In 1896, Landry married Annie-Marie Michaud.
Political lifeedit
David-Vital Landry served on the municipal council for Wellington. Landry served on the province's Executive Council as Commissioner for Agriculture, and then Provincial Secretary-Treasurer (Minister of Finance). Landry was defeated in 1917 and ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1920 and 1925.
In 1927, Dr. Landry was named health officer for the northern counties. He died two years later in Bathurst at the age of 63 and was buried in the St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Cemetery in Bouctouche.
Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
April 11, 2024
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