John Robert Jackson

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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| name = John Robert Jackson

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1859|03|22}}

| birth_place = Drumheart, County Cavan, Ireland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1925|01|20|1859|03|22}}

| death_place = Merritt, British Columbia

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| occupation = Rancher, politician

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| spouse = {{Marriage|Agnes Barbour|1900}}

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| party = Conservative

| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

| constituency = Greenwood

| term_start = 1909

| term_end = 1916

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John Robert Jackson (March 22, 1859 – January 20, 1925{{cite web |url=http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-4E75D75/view/Deaths/find-adv%2B%20callnumber=%28%221925-09-357672%22%20%29%20AND%20microfilm=%28b13127%29%20%2B%2B%2B%2B/1 |title=Vital Event Death Registration |publisher=BC Archives |accessdate=2011-09-03 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}) was an Irish-born rancher and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Greenwood in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1909 to 1916 as a Conservative.

He was born in Drumheart, County Cavan, the son of William Jackson, and was educated in Corlisbratten. Jackson came to Ontario in 1871 and to British Columbia in 1885. In 1900, he married Agnes Barbour.{{cite book |url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/c-w-parker/northern-whos-who-a-biographical-dictionary-of-men-and-women-kra/page-42-northern-whos-who-a-biographical-dictionary-of-men-and-women-kra.shtml |page=382 |title=Northern who's who; a biographical dictionary of men and women |last=Parker |first=C W |volume=1 |year=1916 |accessdate=2011-09-14}} Jackson was defeated by future Premier John Duncan MacLean when he ran for reelection in 1916 and again in 1920.{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf |title=Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 |publisher=Elections BC |accessdate=2011-07-27}} He died in Merritt at the age of 65.