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♂ Michel P. Samson
aliasMichel P. Samson
Record
54874 · 4083

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 6 1 7
Birth c. 1972
Age ± 52 years
First mandate 24 March 1998 → 26 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age ± 26 years
 
Mandate ended 6 years + 11 months ago (29 May 2017)
Special notes
None
 
Michel P. Samson (c.1972– ) 200x280
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Nova Scotia — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 19 2 0 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 60
LIB
 1 ✓ Party leader 34–35 20 Jun 2006 — 26 Apr 2007 0 10 6

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Alana Paon  f 
 
 
Eligible: 8,302 Votes: 6,713 Participation: 80.86% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1365(F) — 21 May 2022 14:28 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±26
LIB
 1/3 3,230 48.40% +1,179 Loser:
NDP
 2,051 30.74% Wilma Conrod

Service: 1 year 4 months 2 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,121 Votes: 6,669 Participation: 82.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
58		 Nova Scotia
27 July 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1412(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±27
LIB
 1/3 3,105 47.01% +1,200 Loser:
PC
 1,905 28.84% Joseph MacPhee

Service: 4 years 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,267 Votes: 5,991 Participation: 72.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
59		 Nova Scotia
5 August 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 1308(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±31
LIB
 1/3 3,047 51.36% +1,197 Loser:
PC
 1,850 31.18% Richie Cotton

Service: 2 years 10 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,872 Votes: 5,639 Participation: 71.63% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
60		 Nova Scotia
13 June 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 527(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±34
LIB
 1/4 2,722 48.55% +454 Loser:
PC
 2,268 40.45% John Greene

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,954 Votes: 5,860 Participation: 73.67% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
61		 Nova Scotia
9 June 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 6165(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±37
LIB
 1/4 3,228 55.36% +1,751 Loser:
NDP
 1,477 25.33% Clair Rankin

Service: 4 years 3 months 28 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,882 Votes: 7,794 Participation: 71.62% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
62		 Nova Scotia
8 October 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7211(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±41
LIB
 1/3 4,369 56.51% +2,673 Loser:
PC
 1,696 21.93% Joe Janega

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,233 Votes: 7,701 Participation: 68.56% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
63		 Nova Scotia
30 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7812(F) — 12 Jul 2023 09:46 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±45
LIB
 2/3 3,316 43.30% -21 Winner:
PC
 3,337 43.57% Alana Paon

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Samson, Michel Paul (p. 271)		 20 Nov 2023
EN Wikipedia
Michel Samson		 20 Nov 2023

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