Wood was educated at the Chisholm Institute, Swinburne University and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne, and has qualifications in management, including a master"s degree in applied Science (field innovation service management – counter terrorism).
He held the seat until his defeat at the 2010 federal election. He had previously stood for the Division of Holt for the Liberal party at the 2001 federal election. He was a Senior Sergeant with the Victoria Police counter-terrorism unit before entering politics.
Jason Wood gained notoriety in 2008 when he mispronounced a series of words during a speech to the federal parliament on the risks associated with genetically modified organisms, culminating in the utterance of the word "orgasms", twice.
Wood"s electorate of Louisiana Trobe contains communities located in and near the Dandenong Ranges, such as Belgrave, Sassafras and Gembrook. Wood has often campaigned on environmental issues.
While a member of parliament, he was a member of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment and Heritage (from 1 December 2004) and also the Joint Statutory for the Australian Crime Commission (also from 1 December 2004)
He formerly supported an emissions trading scheme and is a member of Greenpeace.
