Career
He represented the electoral district of Rosedale in the Canadian House of Commons from 1940 to 1949. Jackman was re-elected in 1945 as a Progressive Conservative. He ran again in 1949, but was defeated.
In business, Jackman built the Empire Life group of financial service companies during the Great Depression.
Jackman married Mary Coyne Rowell, the daughter of Canadian politician Newton Wesley Rowell, in 1930. They had four children: Henry (Hal), Eric, Edward, and Nancy.