George Roy Samis (born March 24, 1943) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1974 to 1985 as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP). See also Politics of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (also known as Ontario Legislative Assembly or OntLA) is the Legislature Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) The Ontario New Democratic Party, formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a Social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada
He was born in Montreal, Quebec, and was educated at the Université de Montréal and the University of Waterloo. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk The University of Waterloo (also referred to as UW and Waterloo) is a comprehensive Public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario He first sought election to the Ontario legislature in the 1971 provincial election, and lost to Progressive Conservative Fern Guindon by 7,099 votes in Stormont. The Ontario general election of 1971 was held on October 21, 1971, to elect the 117 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament The Ontario PC Party, formally known as the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (in french Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario) is a Right-of-centre For the current|defunct federal|provincial electoral district see Stormont (electoral district ---> Stormont was a federal electoral
Guindon resigned from the legislature on May 31, 1974, and Samis contested a by-election to succeed him on September 9. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian He was successful, defeating Progressive Conservative Guy Leger by 2,704 votes. Samis was re-elected for the redistributed constituency of Cornwall in 1975, 1977 and 1981. Cornwall was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1882 The Ontario general election of 1975 was held on September 18, 1975, to elect the 125 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament The Ontario general election of 1977 was held on June 9, 1977, to elect the 125 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament The Ontario general election of 1981 was held on March 19, 1981, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario He supported Bob Rae for the party leadership in 1982. Robert Keith "Bob" Rae PC OC QC OOnt MP (born August 2, 1948) is a Canadian Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)
Samis announced his retirement from the legislature in early 1985. He remains the only New Democrat to have represented the city of Cornwall at either the provincial or federal level. Cornwall is a City in eastern Ontario, Canada and the seat of the United Counties of Stormont Dundas and Glengarry Ontario.
At the time of Samis's retirement, the Progressive Conservative party had governed Ontario without interruption for forty-two years. Samis argued in March 1985 that the NDP would be unable to remove to the Progressive Conservatives from office unless it formed an alliance with the Ontario Liberal Party. The Ontario Liberal Party is a Centrist provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. After the 1985 election, an historic two-year pact between the Liberals and NDP allowed Liberal leader David Peterson to form government as premier. The Ontario general election of 1985 was held on May 2, 1985, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, David Robert Peterson, PC (born December 28, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) was the twentieth Premier of the Province The Peterson government appointed Samis to the Ontario Highway Transport Board in 1986. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar)
Samis later moved to the Kingston area. Kingston Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St In the 1999 provincial election, he endorsed Liberal candidate John Cleary in Stormont—Dundas—Charlottenburgh, a successor constituency to Cornwall. An Ontario general election was held on June 3 1999, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. John Cleary (born August 31, 1932 in Cornwall, Ontario) is a Politician in Ontario, Canada. For the current|defunct federal|provincial electoral district see Stormont—Dundas—Charlottenburgh (electoral district ---> Stormont—Dundas—Charlottenburgh