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♂ Darrell Samson
aliasDarrell Samson
Record
54862 · 449

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Canada
Government
 Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 13 October 1958
Age 65 years + 7 months
First mandate 19 October 2015 → 8 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 57 years
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Darrell Samson (1958– )
© Photo 2019 Darren Fisher — licensed under CC0
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
Canada 8 6 23

Electoral history

Races * 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Peter A. Stoffer  m 
 
 
Eligible: 68,040 Votes: 48,481 Participation: 71.25% Candidacies: 4
Federal
42		 Nova Scotia
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7415(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
57
LIB
 1/4 23,161 47.95% +6,548 Loser:
NDP
 16,613 34.39% Peter A. Stoffer

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 71,759 Votes: 49,857 Participation: 69.48% Candidacies: 5
Federal
43		 Nova Scotia
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26894(F) — 22 Sep 2021 08:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/5 19,925 40.22% +8,065 Loser:
NDP
 11,860 23.94% Matt Stickland

Service: 1 year 10 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 72,440 Votes: 45,858 Participation: 63.30% Candidacies: 5
Federal
44		 Nova Scotia
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36245(F) — 19 May 2022 21:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/5 18,838 41.31% +6,791 Loser:
CPC
 12,047 26.42% Angela Conrad

Service: 2 years 7 months 24 days (Gov't)
Sackville—Bedford—Preston
Post-dated race
Federal
45		 Nova Scotia
20 October 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 39434(P) — 7 May 2024 21:42 ET
✗
 Incumbent will likely be defeated →
Age
67
LIB
 2/3   36.43%   Winner:
CPC

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Darrell Samson, M.P.		  4 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Darrell Samson, député		  4 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Darrell Samson		  4 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Darrell Samson		  4 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 May 2024 21:42 (but data presented dynamically)

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