Gerald Sampson
{{Short description|Canadian businessman and politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|image =
| name = Gerald Sampson
| birth_date = 1942
| birth_place =
| 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
| party = Liberal
| religion =
| 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.{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/victoria-the%20lakes.pdf|title=Electoral History for Victoria-The Lakes|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-04-24}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.liberalcaucus-ns.com/mlas/victoria-the-lakes.html|title=Caucus biography|publisher=Nova Scotia Liberal Party|accessdate=2015-07-18|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060125091147/http://www.liberalcaucus-ns.com/mlas/victoria-the-lakes.html|archivedate=January 25, 2006}} He also worked for Statistics Canada as a Census Commissioner in 1991, 1996 and 2001. Sampson attended Cape Breton University.{{cite news|title=County warden Gerald Sampson to try for Liberal nomination|work=Cape Breton Post|date=November 15, 2002}}
Political career
In 1991, Sampson was elected a municipal councillor in Victoria County, Nova Scotia. 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.{{Cite news|title=Victoria has a long and winding campaign trail|work=Cape Breton Post|date=August 6, 2003}}
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, the incumbent from Cape Breton-The Lakes on the third ballot to win the nomination.{{cite news|title=Boudreau gets boot in new C.B. riding|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=March 31, 2003}}{{cite news|title=Sampson defeats MLA Boudreau to win Liberal nomination|work=Cape Breton Post|date=March 31, 2003}}{{cite news|title=Boudreau loses riding to Sampson|work=The Daily News|location=Halifax|date=March 30, 2003}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/03dist50.pdf|title=Election Returns, 2003 (Victoria-The Lakes)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2015-07-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2003/08/07+147.raw+PE03Aug7+2|title=C.B. Liberals buoyed by five-seat snag: 'We're going to be heard'|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=August 7, 2003|accessdate=2015-07-18|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050124062715/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2003%2F08%2F07+147.raw+PE03Aug7+2|archivedate=January 24, 2005|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Sampson becomes first MLA for the new riding of Victoria-The Lakes|work=Cape Breton Post|date=August 6, 2003}} Sampson was defeated when he ran for re-election in 2006, losing to Bain by 729 votes.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist50_0.pdf|title=Election Returns, 2006 (Victoria-The Lakes)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2015-07-18}}{{cite news|title=Tory the Bain of election opponents|work=Cape Breton Post|date=June 14, 2006}} He attempted to regain the seat in the 2009 election, but finished second, as Bain was re-elected by 505 votes.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/dist50.pdf|title=Election Returns, 2009 (Victoria-The Lakes)|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2015-07-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/Politics/2009-06-10/article-779239/VictoriaThe-Lakes/1|title=Bain train rolls to victory in Victoria-The Lakes|work=Cape Breton Post|date=June 10, 2009|accessdate=2023-04-22|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030005/http://www.capebretonpost.com/Politics/2009-06-10/article-779239/VictoriaThe-Lakes/1|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/Election/9012096.html|title=C.B. voters go with what they know as incumbents re-elected|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=June 9, 2009|accessdate=2015-07-18|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611103707/http://thechronicleherald.ca/Election/9012096.html|archivedate=June 11, 2009}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=54086 Gerald Sampson profile] via Our Campaigns
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Category:Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
Category:Businesspeople from Nova Scotia
Category:People from Victoria County, Nova Scotia
Category:Cape Breton University alumni
Category:Nova Scotia municipal councillors
Category:21st-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly