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

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from 2003 to 2006. He was a member of the

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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. He also worked for

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

Cape Breton University Cape Breton University (CBU) is a public university located in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the only post-secondary degree-granting institution within the Cape Breton Regional Municipality and on Cape Breton Island. The university is enabl ...

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 establish ...

. 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, the incumbent from Cape Breton-The Lakes 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 Canadians, 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 Conservative Associ ...

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.

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via Our Campaigns {{DEFAULTSORT:Sampson, Gerald Living people Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs Businesspeople from Nova Scotia People from Victoria County, Nova Scotia Cape Breton University alumni Nova Scotia municipal councillors 21st-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 1942 births