George Roy Samis was born on March 24,1943 and is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.
11 Facts About George Samis
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George Samis served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1974 to 1985 as a member of the New Democratic Party.
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George Samis was born in Montreal, Quebec, and was educated at the Universite de Montreal and the University of Waterloo.
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George Samis ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1971 provincial election, and lost to Progressive Conservative Fernand Guindon in Stormont.
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Guindon resigned from the legislature in 1974, and Samis contested a by-election to succeed him.
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George Samis was successful, defeating Progressive Conservative candidate Guy Leger.
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George Samis was re-elected for the redistributed constituency of Cornwall in 1975,1977 and 1981.
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George Samis supported Bob Rae for the party leadership in 1982.
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George Samis announced his retirement from the legislature in early 1985.
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George Samis remains the only New Democrat to have represented the city of Cornwall at either the provincial or federal level.
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George Samis argued in March 1985 that the NDP would be unable to remove the Progressive Conservatives from office unless it formed an alliance with the Ontario Liberal Party.