{"id":53854,"date":"2025-04-25T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=53854"},"modified":"2025-04-25T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:30:00","slug":"crowd-wishes-samson-well-in-retirement-from-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=53854","title":{"rendered":"Crowd wishes Samson well in retirement from politics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;235&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By Matt Dagley and Pat Healey<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FALL RIVER:<\/strong> With election day on April 28, a little get together among friends and supporters was held for Darrell Samson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samson, the MP for Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook, had previously announced he was not re-offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, Braedon Clark will try to keep the riding, now distributed as Sackville-Bedford-Preston, Liberal against four other challengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the LWF Hall, friends and those who have supported Samson over the years came out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were treated to a speech by Samson and some tasty food courtesy the Fall River &amp; Riverlake Lions Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Samson retiring and not running again, the last day for the office above the Vegetorium to be open was April 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the office reopens will depend on the result of the election and if the person who will be MP will want it there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VIDEO: Darrell Samson says goodbye to politics\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bk9FTol_QXg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;237&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;148&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local councillors Cathy Deagle Gammon, Paul Russell, and Billy Gillis were among those in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other HRM councillors also stopped by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samson was presented with a framed plaque thanking him for his time as MP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/013-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53689\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Dagley Media photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/042-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53691\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Evan from Beaver Bank. 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