Solomon Samson (1888–1957) was an educator, civil servant and politician in

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

. He represented Twillingate in the

Newfoundland House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Building in St. Jo ...

from 1919 to 1923. He was born in Flat Islands, Bonavista Bay and worked as a teacher in Catalina and

Greenspond Greenspond is a community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Greenspond is one of the communities that comprise an area called Bonavista North, in Bonavista Bay, on the northeast coast of the Island of Newfoundland. Thes ...

. In 1923, he was appointed to a position in the Customs department and moved to St. John's. He began writing poetry later in life and published a small volume of poems in 1952.

Works

* ''Glimpse of Newfoundland (as it was and as it is) in Poetry and Pictures''

References

1888 births 1957 deaths Newfoundland People's Party MHAs Dominion of Newfoundland politicians {{Newfoundland-politician-stub