About Michel Samson
Born 1972. Michel Samson is a Canadian lawyer and politician.
Michel P. Samson (born 1972) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Cape Breton-Richmond, formerly Richmond in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 2017. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
Samson attended Isle Madame District High School and graduated with a B.A. from Dalhousie University in 1994 and a LL.B. from Dalhousie Law School in 1997. Samson articled with the Halifax law firm of Blois, Nickerson & Bryson and he was admitted to the Nova Scotia in 1998 before working as an associate at the Port Hawkesbury law firm of Macdonald, Boudrot & Doucet.
Political career In 1998 Samson successfully ran for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party nomination in the riding of Richmond. He was elected in the 1998 provincial election. In December 1998, Samson was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia where he served as Minister of the Environment as well as Minister responsible for administration of the Youth Secretariat Act. At the time, he was the youngest person ever to be appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia.
Samson was re-elected in the 1999, 2003, 2006, and 2013 provincial elections.
Samson served as interim leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party from 2006-2007 following the resignation of Francis MacKenzie until Stephen McNeil was elected leader; Samson having decided not to pursue the leadership.
On 22 October 2013, Samson was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia to serve as Minister of Economic and Rural Development and Tourism as well as Minister of Acadian Affairs. In March 2015, Samson was sworn-in as Minister of Energy following the resignation from cabinet of Andrew Younger.
In the 2017 election, Samson was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Alana Paon.
Electoral record Liberal Michel Samson
Progressive Conservative Joe Janega
New Democratic Party Bert Lewis
New Democratic Party Clair Rankin
Progressive Conservative John Greene
Liberal Michel Samson
Progressive Conservative John Greene
New Democratic Party Mary Pat Cude
Liberal Michel Samson
Progressive Conservative Richie Cotton
New Democratic Party Clair Rankin
Liberal Michel Samson
Progressive Conservative Joseph MacPhee
New Democratic Party Wilma Conrod
Progressive Conservative Joseph MacPhee
New Democratic Party Wilma Conrod
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