Amand Landry was an Acadian

Acadian

The Acadians are the descendants of the 17th-century French colonists who settled in Acadia . Acadia was a colony of New France...

 farmer and political figure in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

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. He represented Westmorland County

Westmorland County, New Brunswick

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 in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 from 1846 to 1850, from 1853 to 1857 and from 1861 to 1870.

He was born in Memramcook, New Brunswick

Memramcook, New Brunswick

Memramcook is a Canadian village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Located in south-eastern New Brunswick, the community is predominantly people of Acadian descent who speak the Chiac derivative of the French language....

, the son of Allain Landry and Anastasie Dupuis, and was educated there. His mother was a descendant of Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour

Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour

Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour, the French King's appointed Governor of Acadia from 1631–1642 and again from 1653–1657, was born in France in 1593 and died at Cap de Sable in 1666...

 who had been governor of Acadia. Landry taught school for a time. He married Pélagie Caissie in 1839. He was defeated by William Crane in 1850 but was elected in a by-election held in 1853 after Crane died. Landry opposed Confederation

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 and railway construction, viewing both as not benefiting Acadians. He died in Memramcook at the age of 71.

His son Pierre-Amand

Pierre-Amand Landry

Sir Pierre-Amand Landry was an Acadian lawyer, judge and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Westmorland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1870 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1883...

served in the provincial assembly and the Canadian House of Commons.