Jerry Pickard
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The Honourable Jerry Pickard PC |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Chatham-Kent—Essex |
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In office November 27, 2000 – January 23, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Succeeded by | Dave Van Kesteren |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Kent—Essex |
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In office November 21, 1988 – November 27, 2000 |
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| Preceded by | James Eber Caldwell |
| Succeeded by | Riding Abolished |
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November 14, 1940 Chatham, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Profession | Teacher |
Jerry Pickard, PC (born November 14, 1940 in Chatham, Ontario) is a former Canadian politician. He was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 until his retirement in 2005 representing the riding of Chatham-Kent—Essex for the Liberal Party in his later terms in office.
Pickard has Bachelor of Arts and Master of Education degrees from the University of Windsor, and worked as a teacher in the Kent County and Essex County boards of education following his graduation. He was elected to the Kingsville municipal council in 1974 and remained in municipal politics for the next fourteen years, including tenures as deputy reeve and mayor (1984–1988).
He was first elected to parliament in the federal election of 1988, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Jim Caldwell by about 6,500 votes in the riding of Essex—Kent. He was re-elected in the 1993 election, and in the redistributed riding of Kent—Essex in the 1997 election.
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