Marie-Marthe Aldéa Landry, (born December 27, 1945) is a lawyer and business woman in the Canadian province of New Brunswick who has been a civil servant, legal practitioner in the private sector, and a politician and cabinet minister. She was the first Acadian woman named as a cabinet minister in New Brunswick, where she served as deputy premier from 1987 to 1991.
Early life and education
She was born Marie-Marthe Aldéa Lanteigne in . Landry received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Université de Moncton and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New Brunswick. She graduated from the Directors Education Program offered by the ICD Corporate Governance College and the Rotman's School of Business, as well as of the Governance Essentials for Directors of Non-Profit Organizations and of the Financial Literacy Program for Directors and Executives.
Career
From 1971 to 1975, Landry was legal counsel with the New Brunswick Department of Justice working on the 1973 Revised Statutes of New Brunswick Project. From 1975 to 1977, Landry served as Director of Legal Translation and Computerization for the New Brunswick Department of Justice. From 1977 to 1987, she worked in private practice at the law firm of Tremblay, Landry, Landry.
From 1987 to 1991 in the first term of the McKenna government she was deputy premier. She also held several other cabinet positions during this period: minister responsible for intergovernmental affairs 1987-88, acting Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture 1988-89, and acting Minister of Housing in 1991.