Darrell Samson

Darrell Samson MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Peter Stoffer
Personal details
Born	(1958-10-13) October 13, 1958 Petit-de-Grat, Nova Scotia
Political party	Liberal
Alma mater	Université de Moncton
Profession	educator

Darrell Samson (born October 13, 1958) 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