Education
He was educated at Auckland Grammar School and was a lawyer at Paeroa.
He was educated at Auckland Grammar School and was a lawyer at Paeroa.
Born in Belfast, Ireland, Palmer came to New Zealand as an infant. Later, Jackson Palmer was chief judge of the Native Land Court. Jackson Palmer represented the Waitemata (1890–1893) and Ohinemuri (1899–1902) electorates in the New Zealand House of Representatives.
Palmer was an Independent Liberal.
He declined the Premier John Ballance"s invitation to join the Council of the Liberal Federation in 1891. Palmer died in Wellington on 13 August 1919, and was buried at Karori Cemetery.