Reginald Stanley Jackson (12 December 1897 – 16 August 1969) was an Australian politician. He was born in Burwood to builder William Jackson and Harriet Cramp. He attended school locally and worked for the Hendersons confectionery company. From 1916 to 1917 he served in

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and France with the 53rd Battalion, but was invalided home. He returned to the confectionery trade, and on 15 November 1919 married Isabel Valentine, with whom he had a daughter. He had been a Labor Party member since 1914, and was also closely involved in the Federal Confectioners Association, serving as state secretary and federal president from 1940 to 1969. From 1950 to 1969 he was a Labor member of the

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. Jackson died in

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in 1969.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Reginald 1897 births 1969 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians