Henry William Sampson (12 May 1872 – 6 August 1938), often known as "Sammy", was an English-born South African trade unionist and politician.
Following a strike, in 1897, he moved to East London, where he founded a local branch of the new South African Typographical Union (SATU), serving as its president for five years.
[1] In 1907, Sampson was elected to the Transvaal Legislative Assembly for the ILP, representing the City and Suburban constituency.
When the House of Assembly was established in 1910, he merged the ILP into the new South African Labour Party, becoming its first chairman.
[1] The Labour Party split in two in 1928, and Sampson supported the section led by Frederic Creswell, which wished to remain part of the governing coalition.