Thomas Wesley Jackson
Thomas Wesley Jackson | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Council of the Northwest Territories for Qu'Appelle | |
| In office 13 August 1884 – September 1886 | |
| Succeeded by | William Dell Perley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 June 1859 Downsview, Canada West |
| Died | 26 February 1934 (aged 74) Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Political party | Independent |
| Occupation | lawyer, farmer |
Thomas Wesley Jackson (6 June 1859 – 26 February 1934) was a Canadian politician. He served on the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories for Qu'Appelle from 1884 to 1886.[1]
Jackson was born in Downsview, Canada West, of Irish ancestry. He worked as a lawyer for a time in Chatham, Ontario, before moving to the Qu'Appelle Valley in 1880. At Qu'Appelle he would farm and get involved with the railway, eventually raising to the position of President of the Qu'Appelle and Wood Mountain Railway.[2] He was also a justice of the peace.[3]
He was elected in 1883 to the Council of the North West Territories, and resigned his seat in September 1886, owing to his activities as president of the railway. He later resided at Indian Head, Saskatchewan.[4] He died at Vancouver, British Columbia in 1934.[5]
Electoral results[edit]
1884 election[edit]
| 13 August 1883 by-election | |||
| [1] | Name | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Wesley Jackson | 344 | 75.44% | |
| William Robert Bell | 112 | 24.56% | |
| Total Votes | 456 | 100% | |
1885 election[edit]
| 1885 Northwest Territories election | ||||
| [1] | Name | Vote | % | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Wesley Jackson | 440 | 34.22% | X | |
| William Dell Perley | 301 | 23.41% | X | |
| Angus McKay | 290 | 22.55% | ||
| Leslie Gordon | 137 | 10.65% | ||
| Charles Edmund Phipps | 118 | 9.17% | ||
| Total Votes | 1,286 | 100% | ||
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2007.
- ^ Robertson, John Palmerston (1887), A political manual of the province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories, Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Call Printing Company, retrieved 19 February 2014
- ^ "Yorkton's Corporate History". yorktonthisweek.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ Northwest Territories (1898). Ordinances of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Territorial Printer. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "Person Details for Thomas Wesley Jackson, "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved 13 August 2015.