Joseph-Octave Samson

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honorific-prefix = Mayor
name = Joseph-Octave Samson
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order = 28th Mayor of Quebec City
term_start = 1 March 1920
term_end = 1 March 1926
predecessor = Henri-Edgar Lavigueur
successor = Martin Valmont
order2 = Member of Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Quebec-Centre
term_start2 = 1927
term_end2 = 1935
predecessor2 = Pierre-Vincent Faucher
successor2 = Philippe Hamel
birth_date = 1862
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death_date = 1945 (age circa 83)
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spouse = Fébronie Émond (m. 26 January 1885)
profession = businessperson
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Joseph-Octave Samson (9 January 1862 - 10 December 1945)fr [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/Membres/notices/s/SAMSJQC.htm Assemblée Nationale du Québec: Joseph Samson (Québec-Centre)] ] was a Canadian politician, serving as Mayor of Quebec City from March 1920 to March 1926.

After working with business interests, including his joint founding of the Samson & Filion Hardware company in 1887, Samson became a Quebec City councillor at the Saint-Pierre ward from 1904 to 1906 and again from 1908 to 1910. Samson was elected mayor of Quebec City on 16 February 1920. During his term as mayor, provincial premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau accused Samson of faulty city administration.

After leaving his post as mayor, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as a Liberal member for the Quebec-Centre riding in 1927. He was re-elected to a second term in 1931 but defeated in the 1935 election. His son, Wilfrid Samson, also became a municipal and provincial politician.

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*fr [http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/biographies/795.html University of Sherbrooke, Bilan du Siècle: Joseph-Octave Samson (1862-1945) Homme politique, homme d'affaires]
*fr [http://www.bilan.usherb.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/22797.html University of Sherbrooke, Bilan du Siècle: 16 février 1920 - Élection de Joseph-Octave Samson à la mairie de Québec]