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♂ Ovid L. Jackson
aliasOvid L. Jackson
Record
29423 · 1517

Guyanese-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
Birth 3 February 1939
Age 85 years + 2 months
First mandate 25 October 1993 → 30 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 19 years + 10 months ago (27 June 2004)
Special notes
None
 
Ovid L. Jackson (1939– )
© Photo 2001 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 10 8 0

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Larry Miller  m 
 
 
Eligible: 79,911 Votes: 52,682 Participation: 65.93% Candidacies: 8
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3258(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
54
LIB
 1/8 25,689 49.07% +12,751 Loser:
REF
 12,938 24.71% Alan Aston

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 71,052 Votes: 48,860 Participation: 68.77% Candidacies: 4
Federal
36		 Ontario
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2957(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/4 17,896 36.79% +1,735 Loser:
REF
 16,161 33.22% Murray Peer

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 72,569 Votes: 45,044 Participation: 62.07% Candidacies: 4
Federal
37		 Ontario
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2682(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/4 19,817 44.22% +3,857 Loser:
CA
 15,960 35.61% Murray Peer

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 77,845 Votes: 50,021 Participation: 64.26% Candidacies: 5
Federal
38		 Ontario
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1073(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
65
LIB
 2/5 17,824 35.78% -4,587 Winner:
CPC
 22,411 44.99% Larry Miller

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Ovid L. Jackson, O.Ont., M.P.		 03 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Ovid L. Jackson, O.Ont., député		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ovid Jackson		 03 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Ovid Jackson		 03 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Feb 2024 09:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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