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LibraBiography
Darrell Samson (born October 13, 1959) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. He is a former superintendent of the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial, Nova Scotia's Acadian and Francophone school board.
Samson is an Acadian and is a native of Petit-de-Grat, Isle Madame, Nova Scotia. He attended the Université de Moncton and was also a teacher. He has been the national president and vice-president of all French school board superintendents outside Quebec, an active member of the National Committee for Early Years as well as a member of the Provincial Advisory Council to the Minister of Education on Early Years in Nova Scotia.
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Darrell Samson | 23,161 | 47.95 | +36.64 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Peter Stoffer | 16,613 | 34.39 | –19.91 | – | |||
| Conservative | Robert Thomas Strickland | 7,186 | 14.88 | –15.31 | – | |||
| Green | Mike Montgomery | 1,341 | 2.78 | –1.42 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 48,301 | 100.0 | $200,617.35 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 180 | 0.37 | –0.22 | |||||
| Turnout | 48,481 | 71.93 | +12.46 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 67,401 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +28.28 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||