Joseph Jackson (April 1, 1831 – October 31, 1908) was a Canadian parliamentarian and lumberman. Jackson was born in Norfolk County in what was then

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and became a lumberman in

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. He was elected to the

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in the 1882 federal election representing Norfolk South as a

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MP after defeating incumbent

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by 26 votes. He was defeated after a single term in the 1887 federal election losing to Conservative

David Tisdale David Tisdale, (September 8, 1835 – March 31, 1911) was a Canadian politician. Biography Born in Charlotteville Township, Upper Canada, the son of Ephraim Tisdale and Hannah Price, he was educated at the Simcoe Grammar School and cal ...

by 61 votes. In 1892, he was appointed

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of Norfolk.Glorious Old Norfolk
Compiled by Bruce M. Pearce, B.A., in 1924 He was married twice: first to Melinda Dowling and then to Mrs. Robert Jackson. He died in Simcoe at the age of 77.

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1831 births 1908 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Liberal Party of Canada MPs {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub