Career
Foreign the Canadian Broadcasting Company journalist see Lorna Jackson (journalist). Jackson was first elected to Vaughan Council in 1974, serving six years as a local councillor and two years as regional councillor before being elected mayor in 1982. She was re-elected to a seventh term of office as Mayor in November 2000.
During her terms as Mayor, Jackson led Vaughan Council and staff through the years of rapid growth and development and the transition from a town into a city.
Jackson was an advocate for the City of Vaughan and its business and residential communities. She supported the construction of a pedestrian bridge over the Humber River.
She also was instrumental in promoting the design of the Woodbridge Pool to make it easier for physically challenged residents to learn how to swim. As recently as February, 2002, Jackson led the effort to obtain commitments from the City of Toronto and the Province of Ontario to close the Keele Valley Landfill site by December 31, 2002.
As well as her work in public service, Lorna had another great passion and talent, painting.
lieutenant was a start of a lifelong commitment to art Her recent work in watercolours was sparked by a desire to preserve Vaughan"s heritage by depicting local scenes from life in the 1800s. Several of these watercolours were reproduced in a special edition calendar published in 1999.
Her career and volunteer work notwithstanding, Lorna"s true devotion was to her family.
Her daughter Linda was formerly a regional councillor on Vaughan City Council and former mayor. Lorna Jackson Public School and Lorna Jackson Transformer Station are named for the late mayor.
