Michel Samson
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The Honourable Michel Samson |
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| Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Cape Breton-Richmond Richmond (1998-2013) |
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In office March 24, 1998 – May 30, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Richie Mann |
| Succeeded by | Alana Paon |
| Minister of Economic and Rural Development and Tourism | |
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Assumed office October 22, 2013 |
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| Premier | Stephen McNeil |
| Preceded by | Graham Steele |
| Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party interim | |
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In office June 20, 2006 – April 27, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Francis MacKenzie |
| Succeeded by | Stephen McNeil |
| Minister of the Environment | |
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In office December 16, 1998 – August 16, 1999 |
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| Premier | Russell MacLellan |
| Preceded by | Don Downe |
| Succeeded by | Kerry Morash |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1972 Evanston, Nova Scotia |
| Political party | Nova Scotia Liberal Party |
| Residence | Arichat, Nova Scotia |
| Occupation | lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Michel P. Samson (born 1972) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Cape Breton-Richmond, formerly Richmond in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 2017. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
Samson attended Isle Madame District High School and graduated with a B.A. from Dalhousie University in 1994 and a LL.B. from Dalhousie Law School in 1997. Samson articled with the Halifax law firm of Blois, Nickerson & Bryson and he was admitted to the Nova Scotia in 1998 before working as an associate at the Port Hawkesbury law firm of Macdonald, Boudrot & Doucet.
In 2004 Samson married Halifax lawyer Claudine Bardsley.
In 1998 Samson successfully ran for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party nomination in the riding of Richmond. He was elected in the 1998 provincial election. In December 1998, Samson was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia where he served as Minister of the Environment as well as Minister responsible for administration of the Youth Secretariat Act. At the time, he was the youngest person ever to be appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia.
Samson was re-elected in the 1999, 2003, 2006 and 2013 provincial elections.
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