Gerald E. Sampson is a Canadian businessman and politician. He represented the electoral district of

Victoria-The Lakes Victoria—The Lakes is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) since the 2017 election has been Keith Bain of the Progress ...

in the

Nova Scotia House of Assembly The Nova Scotia House of Assembly (french: Assemblée législative de la Nouvelle-Écosse; gd, Taigh Seanaidh Alba Nuadh), or Legislative Assembly, is the deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia of the province of Nova Scotia ...

from 2003 to 2006. He was a member of the

Nova Scotia Liberal Party The Nova Scotia Liberal Party is a centrist provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada and the provincial section of the Liberal Party of Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition in Nova Scotia, under the leadership of Zach ...

Life and career

A resident of

Big Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia Big Bras d'Or is an unincorporated place in the Municipality of the County of Victoria, Nova Scotia, Canada. An early shipbuilding site, the 1848 Inconstant is now an historical site in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an i ...

, 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. He also worked for

Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...

as a Census Commissioner in 1991, 1996 and 2001. Sampson attended

Cape Breton University , "Diligence Will Prevail" , mottoeng = Perseverance Will Triumph , established = 1951 as Xavier Junior College 1968 as NSEIT 1974 as College Of Cape Breton 1982 as University College of Cape Breton 2005 as Cape Breton ...

Political career

In 1991, Sampson was elected a municipal councillor in

Victoria County, Nova Scotia Victoria County is an historical county and census division of Nova Scotia, Canada. Local government is provided by the Municipality of the County of Victoria and the Wagmatcook 1 reserve. History Named after Queen Victoria, it was establishe ...

. He was re-elected in the 1994, 1997, and 2000 elections. Following the 2000 election, Sampson was elected by council to serve as county warden. In November 2002, Sampson announced that he was running for the provincial Liberal nomination in the newly created Victoria-The Lakes riding. On March 29, 2003, Sampson defeated

Brian Boudreau Brian Vincent Boudreau (July 19, 1954 – October 12, 2021) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2003. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Libe ...

, the incumbent from

Cape Breton-The Lakes Cape Breton The Lakes was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It was created in 1978 out of areas which were formerly included in the Cape Breton North, Cape Breto ...

on the third ballot to win the nomination. In the 2003 election, Sampson defeated Progressive Conservative

Keith Bain Keith Leslie Bain (born October 24, 1952) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Victoria-The Lakes in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006 to 2013 as a member of the Progressive Conservatives. Bain first ran ...

by 248 votes to win the seat, while Boudreau who ran as an independent finished fourth. Sampson was defeated when he ran for re-election in

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, losing to Bain by 729 votes. He attempted to regain the seat in the 2009 election, but finished second, as Bain was re-elected by 505 votes.

References

External links

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