Alain Landry
Alain Landry | |
|---|---|
| Interim Leader of the Green Party of Manitoba | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Preceded by | James Beddome |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Green Party of Manitoba |
| Residence | St. Boniface, Winnipeg |
Alain Landry is a high school teacher and interim leader of the Green Party of Manitoba..[1] He teaches social studies, geography and law to his high school students at Collège Béliveau, Winnipeg. [2] [3]
Early life and career
Alain Landry has lived in the French community of St. Boniface, Winnipeg all his life. He is proud of his French and Metis heritage and ensures that his children understand and identify with their ancestry. He has been employed in the field of education since 1992.[4]
Interest in the Green Party
He gained an interest in the Green Party after studying environmental principles in his job as a teacher. He was the founder of "Béliveau Greens", a project at Collège Béliveau, Winnipeg where their objective was to reduce waste and energy consumption by the teachers and students.[4] They accomplished this by implementing composting and organic food production.[3] They received funding from the provincial government to create an "edible schoolyard" program in 2012. They are also engaged in other sustainability projects such as the collection of electronic waste for safe disposal and recycling.[5] [6] In 2011 he advocated for "laneway housing" to be used in St. Boniface to help alleviate some of the problems in the area. It would encompass a densification of the area by building smaller housing units on property that would traditionally be used for garages.[7]
Green Party Membership and Candidacy
Alain Landry has been a member of the Green Party of Manitoba since 2007. He ran as a candidate in the St. Boniface provincial riding in the 2007 and 2011 elections. In 2014 he represented the Green Party in the Morris byelection.
Interim Party leader
Alain was appointed interim party leader for the Manitoba Greens in Nov, 2013[8] after the resignation of former leader James Beddome. James stepped down to focus on his new career as a lawyer after graduating from the faculty of law at the University of Manitoba in 2013. [9] [10]
Morris Byelection 2014
Alain Landry ran as a candidate for the Green Party of Manitoba in the provincial byelection for Morris in January 2014. He was interested in building support for the Green Party in a rural riding.[11] He also has a familial connection with Morris, since his father was born in the area. [12] When he was campaigning in Morris, going door-to-door to speak with voters, he heard people express an interest in subsidies for organic farmers. People are concerned for their health with the pesticides that we consume with non-organic food. [13] They want more access to organic sources of food and more government support for organic food producers. [11] Alain said that if people had better access to nutritious food that health care costs would go down. [12] He emphasized that the Green Party is interested in clean air, clean water and healthy food choices. [13]
Leaving the Green Party, joining the Liberals
In February of 2016 Alain Landry left the Green Party of Manitoba to join the Manitoba Liberal Party[14]
Mr. Landry represented the Liberals in the 2016 election in the riding of St. Boniface. He was defeated by the incumbent NDP candidate, the Premier of Manitoba, Greg Selinger[15]. The Progressive Conservative candidate, Mamadou Ka came in second place. Alain Landry was third place, beating the green party candidate from the party he used to lead, Signe Knutson, who came in fourth.
Electoral record
| Manitoba general election, 2016: St. Boniface | ||||||||
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| The 2016 general election will be held on April 19. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mamadou Ka | – | – | – | ||||
| Green | Signe Knutson | – | – | – | ||||
| Liberal | Alain Landry | – | – | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Greg Selinger | – | – | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | – | 100.0 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | – | |||||||
| Source: Elections Manitoba[16] | ||||||||
| Manitoba provincial by-election, January 28, 2014: Morris | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Shannon Martin | 2642 | 69.99 | -4.01 | ||||
| New Democrat | Dean Harder | 488 | 12.93 | -6.44 | ||||
| Liberal | Jeremy Barber | 422 | 11.18 | +4.55 | ||||
| Independent | Ray Shaw | 138 | 3.66 | - | ||||
| Green | Alain Landry | 85 | 2.25 | - | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3775 | |||||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 17 | |||||||
| Turnout | 3792 | 27.51 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 13782 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +1.21 | ||||||
| Manitoba general election, 2011: St. Boniface | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Greg Selinger | 5,914 | 68.87 | +2.53 | $25,356.02 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Clark | 1,537 | 17.90 | +4.94 | $6,094.72 | |||
| Liberal | Brad Gross | 606 | 7.06 | −6.58 | $641.00 | |||
| Green | Alain Landry | 530 | 6.17 | −0.74 | $96.10 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,587 | 99.56 | ||||||
| Rejected and declined ballots | 38 | 0.44 | ||||||
| Turnout | 8,625 | 59.50 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 14,496 | |||||||
| Manitoba general election, 2007: St. Boniface | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Greg Selinger | 5,090 | 66.04 | −8.30 | $16,599.60 | |||
| Liberal | Gilbert Laberge | 1,049 | 13.61 | −0.82 | $3,582.87 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Jennifer Tarrant | 993 | 12.88 | +1.65 | $722.42 | |||
| Green | Alain Landry | 530 | 6.88 | +6.88 | $378.57 | |||
| Communist | Thane-Dominic Carr | 45 | 0.58 | +0.58 | $373.97 | |||
| Total valid votes | 7,707 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected and declined ballots | 38 | |||||||
| Turnout | 7,745 | 59.56 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 13,004 | |||||||
References
- ↑ Brodbeck, Tom (Jan 7, 2014). "The secrets of political success — for all 4 Manitoba parties — in 2014". Winnipeg Sun.
- ↑ "Alain Landry - St. Boniface". Brandon Sun. 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Piett, Don (January 18, 2014). "The Race is On" (PDF). Southeast Journal. 20 (28): 7. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "St. Boniface". CBC News Manitoba. August 3, 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ Romaniuk, Ross (April 23, 2009). "Students pitch in to corral e-waste". Winnipeg Sun. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ "Viral campaign creates Urbanmines on Earth Day" (PDF). Urban Mine. April 21, 2009.
- ↑ Godbout, Arielle (September 21, 2011). "Housing revitalization a hot topic for candidates". The Lance. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ "Alain Landry appointed as Green Party Interim Leader". Green Party of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ "Beddome steps down as Green Party of Manitoba leader". Winnipeg Free Press. November 22, 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ "James Beddome resigns as Manitoba Green Party leader". CBC News Manitoba. November 22, 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Gareau, Chris (Jan 23, 2014). "Green leader wants to build rural support". The Carillon (Jan 23, 2014). The Carillon. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Geary, Andrea (Jan 21, 2014). "Making Morris a 'greener' place". The Headliner. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Morris byelection candidates have their say". The Headliner. Canstar Community News. Jan 20, 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ↑ Winnipeg Sun (February 29, 2016). "Green turns red in St. Boniface".
- ↑ "NDP Leader Greg Selinger retains St. Boniface seat amidst PC sweep". Winnipeg Free Press. April 19, 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ↑ "Candidates: 41st General Election". Elections Manitoba. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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