Background
Jackson was born in Norfolk County in what was then Upper Canada and became a lumberman in Simcoe.
Jackson was born in Norfolk County in what was then Upper Canada and became a lumberman in Simcoe.
He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1882 federal election representing Norfolk South as a Liberal Member of Parliament after defeating incumbent William Wallace by 26 votes. He was defeated after a single term in the 1887 federal election losing to Conservative David Tisdale by 51 votes. In 1892, he was appointed sheriff of Norfolk.
He died in Simcoe at the age of 77.