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Joseph P. Landry Appointed to the Senate
February 26, 1996
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien announced today that His Excellency
the Governor General has agreed to summon Joseph P. Landry of
New Brunswick to the Senate of Canada.
The appointment is effective immediately.
A biography is attached.
PMO Press Office: (613) 957-5555
Joseph P. Landry
Joseph P. Landry was born in Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick, in
1922.
Early in his life, Mr. Landry worked as a stevedore on the Halifax
docks, and later as a carpenter and electrician in Labrador.
In 1947, he and a group of partners rebuilt a fish plant which
had burned down in Cap-Pelé. Later, he established several
fish plants of his own, in Cap-Pelé, as well as in other
areas of Atlantic Canada.
Today he has several major seafood processing companies that export
around the world. In recognition of his efforts, he received an
Export Award from the Province of New Brunswick in 1989.
Mr. Landry and his wife live in Cap-Pelé.
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