Gerald Sampson

Gerald E. Sampson is a Canadian businessman and politician. He represented the electoral district of Victoria-The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2006. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]

Gerald Sampson
MLA for Victoria-The Lakes
In office
2003–2006
Preceded byKennie MacAskill
Succeeded byKeith Bain
Personal details
Born1942
Political partyLiberal
ResidenceBig Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia
Occupationbusinessman

Life and career

A resident of Big Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, Sampson has worked for Human Resources Development Canada as an outreach worker, several trucking companies, in direct sales, and owned and managed his own business for five years.[2] He also worked for Statistics Canada as a Census Commissioner in 1991, 1996 and 2001. Sampson attended Cape Breton University.[3]

Political career

In 1991, Sampson was elected a municipal councillor in Victoria County, Nova Scotia.[3] He was re-elected in the 1994, 1997, and 2000 elections.[3] Following the 2000 election, Sampson was elected by council to serve as county warden.[4]

In November 2002, Sampson announced that he was running for the provincial Liberal nomination in the newly created Victoria-The Lakes riding.[3] On March 29, 2003, Sampson defeated Brian Boudreau, the incumbent from Cape Breton-The Lakes on the third ballot to win the nomination.[5][6][7] In the 2003 election, Sampson defeated Progressive Conservative Keith Bain by 248 votes to win the seat, while Boudreau who ran as an independent finished fourth.[8][9][10] Sampson was defeated when he ran for re-election in 2006, losing to Bain by 729 votes.[11][12] He attempted to regain the seat in the 2009 election, but finished second, as Bain was re-elected by 505 votes.[13][14][15]

References
  1. "Electoral History for Victoria-The Lakes" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  2. "Caucus biography". Nova Scotia Liberal Party. Archived from the original on January 25, 2006. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
  3. "County warden Gerald Sampson to try for Liberal nomination". Cape Breton Post. November 15, 2002.
  4. "Victoria has a long and winding campaign trail". Cape Breton Post. August 6, 2003.
  5. "Boudreau gets boot in new C.B. riding". The Chronicle Herald. March 31, 2003.
  6. "Sampson defeats MLA Boudreau to win Liberal nomination". Cape Breton Post. March 31, 2003.
  7. "Boudreau loses riding to Sampson". The Daily News. Halifax. March 30, 2003.
  8. "Election Returns, 2003 (Victoria-The Lakes)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
  9. "C.B. Liberals buoyed by five-seat snag: 'We're going to be heard'". The Chronicle Herald. August 7, 2003. Archived from the original on January 24, 2005. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
  10. "Sampson becomes first MLA for the new riding of Victoria-The Lakes". Cape Breton Post. August 6, 2003.
  11. "Election Returns, 2006 (Victoria-The Lakes)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
  12. "Tory the Bain of election opponents". Cape Breton Post. June 14, 2006.
  13. "Election Returns, 2009 (Victoria-The Lakes)" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
  14. "Bain train rolls to victory in Victoria-The Lakes". Cape Breton Post. June 10, 2009. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
  15. "C.B. voters go with what they know as incumbents re-elected". The Chronicle Herald. June 9, 2009. Archived from the original on June 11, 2009. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
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