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
Political party	Liberal
Alma mater	Université de Moncton
Profession	educator

Darrell Samson 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