Michel Samson

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.

Michel Samson
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
for Cape Breton-Richmond
Richmond (1998-2013)
In office
March 24, 1998  May 30, 2017
Preceded byRichie Mann
Succeeded byAlana Paon
Minister of Economic and Rural Development and Tourism
In office
October 22, 2013  May 30, 2017
PremierStephen McNeil
Preceded byGraham Steele
Leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party interim
In office
June 20, 2006  April 27, 2007
Preceded byFrancis MacKenzie
Succeeded byStephen McNeil
Minister of the Environment
In office
December 16, 1998  August 16, 1999
PremierRussell MacLellan
Preceded byDon Downe
Succeeded byKerry Morash
Personal details
Born1972
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Political partyNova Scotia Liberal Party
Residence(s)Arichat, Nova Scotia
OccupationLawyer

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.

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