SEUL - Acadien à être fait Chevalier - ONLY - Acadian to be knighted - Memramcook, N.B. - Superlatives on Waymarking.com

Pierre-Amand Landry (né le 1er mai 1846 à Memramcook au Nouveau-Brunswick (Canada) et mort le 28 juillet 1916 à Dorchester au Nouveau-Brunswick) a été enseignant, avocat, juge et homme politique canadien. Il est une figure majeure de la renaissance acadienne. Suivant les traces de son père, qui est le premier député acadien de la province, il devient le premier avocat acadien ainsi que le premier membre d'un conseil des ministres puis le premier juge et finalement le seul à être fait chevalier.

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Sir Pierre-Amand Landry, QC (May 1, 1846 – July 28, 1916) 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. He represented Kent in the House of Commons of Canada from 1883 to 1890 as a Conservative member. Landry was knighted in June 1916, the first and only Acadian to be so honoured.

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Sir Landry was also the first and only Acadian to receive knighthood from a King of England

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Type of documentation of superlative status: Wikipedia and HistoricPlaces. ca Location of coordinates: Memramcook, New Brunswick Web Site: [Web Link]

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