Jennifer Cossitt (née Birchall; born 22 June 1948) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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. She was a business executive by career. Her husband was

Thomas Cossitt Thomas Charles Cossitt (November 15, 1927 – March 15, 1982) was a Canadian politician. Born in Brockville, Ontario, the son of Edwin Comstock Cossitt and Marjorie Helen Delahaye, he graduated from St. Andrew's College and received a Bache ...

, member of Parliament for the Leeds—Grenville electoral district. Cossitt served as her husband's executive assistant for nine years. Following his death in 1982, she campaigned at the riding in a 12 October 1982 by-election and won the seat. Cossitt took a fifth-ballot victory at a nominating convention of Leeds-Grenville Conservative Riding Association in the town of Prescott, Ontario, gaining 262 votes. On her first day in the House of Commons (27 October 1982), she spoke against Liberal employment policies and entered an unsuccessful motion to debate these. Jennifer Cossitt won re-election in the 1984 federal election, but was defeated in the following 1988 federal election by

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of the

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. She served for the latter part of the

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and a full term in the 33rd Parliament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cossitt, Jennifer 1948 births Living people British expatriates in Canada Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario People from Brockville People from Redcar Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Women in Ontario politics

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