Ovid L. Jackson | |
Constituency Mp: | Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Predecessor: | Gus Mitges |
Successor: | Larry Miller |
Term Start: | October 25, 1993 |
Term End: | June 28, 2004 |
Birth Date: | 3 February 1939 |
Birth Place: | New Amsterdam, Berbice, Guyana |
Party: | Liberal |
Committees: | Chair, Standing Committee on Transport and Government Operations (2001-2002) Chair, Standing Committee on Transport |
Portfolio: | Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board (1996-1998) |
Ovid L. Jackson, [1] (born February 3, 1939, New Amsterdam, Berbice, Guyana) is a Canadian politician. He represented the federal riding of Bruce—Grey and Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound in the House of Commons for the Liberal Party from 1994 to 2004.
Jackson, originally from Guyana, was a school teacher at West Hill Secondary School in Owen Sound.[2] He was then elected mayor of the city, serving for 10 years before being elected to parliament in the 1993 election.[3] He lost his seat to Conservative candidate Larry Miller in the 2004 election.