Lois Jackson | |
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Mayor of Delta | |
In office 1999 –November 5, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Beth Johnson |
Succeeded by | George Harvie |
Personal details | |
Political party | Citizens Association of Delta (pre-1976) The Goode Team [1] (1976-1979) Delta Voters Association [2] (1979-1985) Delta Electors Committee [3] (1987-1990) Independent [4] [5] (1985-1987;1993-1996) Tri-Delta (1996 [6] -2008) [7] Delta Independent Voters Association (2008-2018) Achieving For Delta (2018-present) |
Lois E. Jackson [8] (born c. 1938) [9] is a Canadian politician,formerly the mayor of Delta,British Columbia.
Originally from Sudbury,Ontario,Jackson and her husband first moved to Delta in 1969. [10] She was first elected to Delta Municipal Council in 1972. [10] She served from 1972 to 1974;1976 to 1981,from 1983 to 1993 and from 1996 to 1999.
Jackson was elected in November 1999 to become Delta's second female mayor,replacing the first female mayor Beth Johnson. [11] She was re-elected in a close contest in the 2005 elections to a third term as mayor. [12]
As mayor Jackson opposed a treaty with the Tsawwassen First Nation,for fear it would result in Delta losing its agricultural land. [13]
In December 2005,she was elected chair of the Greater Vancouver Regional District board,of which she had been a member for the previous nine years. [14] Vancouver councillor Peter Ladner spent the week of the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention lobbying for support to challenge current chairwoman Jackson in December 2009. [15]
In early 2018,Jackson announced that she would not be seeking another term as Delta's mayor after 19 years in the position. Surprisingly in September 2018,Jackson announced her bid for a seat on Delta Council. She was elected to council on October 19,2018.
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