Joseph_Jackson_(Canadian_politician)

Joseph Jackson (Canadian politician)

Joseph Jackson (Canadian politician)

Parliamentarian and lumberman (1831–1908)

For other people with the same name, see Joe Jackson.

Joseph Jackson (April 1, 1831 – October 31, 1908) was a Canadian parliamentarian and lumberman.[1]

Quick Facts Member of the Canadian Parliament for Norfolk South, Preceded by ...

Jackson was born in Norfolk County in what was then Upper Canada[1] and became a lumberman in Simcoe.[2] He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1882 federal election representing Norfolk South as a Liberal MP after defeating incumbent William Wallace by 26 votes. He was defeated after a single term in the 1887 federal election losing to Conservative David Tisdale by 61 votes.[1]

In 1892, he was appointed sheriff of Norfolk.[2][3]

He was married twice: first to Melinda Dowling and then to Mrs. Robert Jackson. He died in Simcoe at the age of 77.[2]

More information 1882 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Norfolk, Party ...
More information 1887 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Norfolk, Party ...

References

  1. [1]
    Joseph Jackson – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. [2]
    Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  3. [3]
    Glorious Old Norfolk Compiled by Bruce M. Pearce, B.A., in 1924


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