Samuel Jacob Jackson Explained

Samuel Jacob Jackson
Constituency Mp:Selkirk
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:William McCreary
Successor:George Henry Bradbury
Term Start:1904
Term End:1908
Office2:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Rockwood
Predecessor2:John Aikins
Successor2:Isaac Riley
Term Start2:1883
Term End2:1899
Office3:9th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
Predecessor3:William Winram
Successor3:Finlay Young
Term Start3:February 25, 1891
Term End3:January 15, 1895
Birth Date:18 February 1848
Birth Place:Stradbally, Ireland
Party:Liberal
Occupation:merchant and mill owner

Samuel Jacob Jackson (February 18, 1848  - May 29, 1942) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Stradbally, Queen's County, Ireland, the son of Samuel Jackson and Elizabeth Sutcliffe, Jackson was educated at Brampton[1] and at Brantford, Ontario.[2] He moved west to Manitoba in 1871. Jackson later became a partner in a mercantile firm in Winnipeg. In 1878, he married Ida Isabella Clark. Jackson later moved to Stonewall, where he was a merchant and mill owner.[3]

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the electoral district of Rockwood in 1883, 1884, 1886, 1888, 1892 and 1896. He was defeated in 1899.[4] From 1891 to 1895, he was the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

He was first returned to House of Commons of Canada in the general elections of 1904 for the riding of Selkirk. A Liberal, he was defeated in 1908. He was an Alderman in the Winnipeg City Council in 1877, 1878 and 1880.[4] Jackson was chairman of the Board of Works for Winnipeg in 1882.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Samuel Jacob Jackson 1848 - 1942 . Western Manitoba Genealogy . https://web.archive.org/web/20191022235759/http://www.westmanitoba.com/bios/sjackson.htm . October 22, 2019.
  2. Book: Gemmill, J A . The Canadian Parliamentary companion . 338 . 1889 . October 24, 2012 .
  3. Book: Robertson, John Palmerston . A political manual of the province of Manitoba and the North-west Territories . 72–3 . Call printing Company . 1887 . 9780665588860 . October 24, 2012.
  4. https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame00montuoft The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904