Gerald Sampson Explained

Gerald Sampson
Birth Date:1942
Residence:Big Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia
Office:MLA for Victoria-The Lakes
Term Start:2003
Term End:2006
Predecessor:Kennie MacAskill
Successor:Keith Bain
Occupation:businessman

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]

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral History for Victoria-The Lakes. Nova Scotia Legislative Library. 2018-04-24.
  2. Web site: Caucus biography. Nova Scotia Liberal Party. 2015-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20060125091147/http://www.liberalcaucus-ns.com/mlas/victoria-the-lakes.html. January 25, 2006.
  3. News: County warden Gerald Sampson to try for Liberal nomination. Cape Breton Post. November 15, 2002.
  4. News: Victoria has a long and winding campaign trail. Cape Breton Post. August 6, 2003.
  5. News: Boudreau gets boot in new C.B. riding. The Chronicle Herald. March 31, 2003.
  6. News: Sampson defeats MLA Boudreau to win Liberal nomination. Cape Breton Post. March 31, 2003.
  7. News: Boudreau loses riding to Sampson. The Daily News. Halifax. March 30, 2003.
  8. Web site: Election Returns, 2003 (Victoria-The Lakes). Elections Nova Scotia. 2015-07-18.
  9. Web site: C.B. Liberals buoyed by five-seat snag: 'We're going to be heard'. The Chronicle Herald. August 7, 2003. 2015-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20050124062715/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2003%2F08%2F07+147.raw+PE03Aug7+2. January 24, 2005. dead.
  10. News: Sampson becomes first MLA for the new riding of Victoria-The Lakes. Cape Breton Post. August 6, 2003.
  11. Web site: Election Returns, 2006 (Victoria-The Lakes). Elections Nova Scotia. 2015-07-18.
  12. News: Tory the Bain of election opponents. Cape Breton Post. June 14, 2006.
  13. Web site: Election Returns, 2009 (Victoria-The Lakes). Elections Nova Scotia. 2015-07-18.
  14. Web site: Bain train rolls to victory in Victoria-The Lakes. Cape Breton Post. June 10, 2009. 2023-04-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030005/http://www.capebretonpost.com/Politics/2009-06-10/article-779239/VictoriaThe-Lakes/1. March 4, 2016.
  15. Web site: C.B. voters go with what they know as incumbents re-elected. The Chronicle Herald. June 9, 2009. 2015-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20090611103707/http://thechronicleherald.ca/Election/9012096.html. June 11, 2009.

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