John Robert Jackson was an Irish

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-born rancher and political figure in British Columbia

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. He represented Greenwood

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 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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 from 1909 to 1916 as a Conservative

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He was born in Drumheart, County Cavan

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, the son of William Jackson, and was educated in Corlisbratten. Jackson came to Ontario

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 in 1871 and to British Columbia in 1885. In 1900, he married Agnes Barbour. Jackson was defeated by John Duncan MacLean

John Duncan MacLean

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 when he ran for reelection in 1916. He died in Merritt

Merritt, British Columbia

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at the age of 65.