Jim Jones (politician)
| Jim Jones | |
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| York Regional Councillor (Markham) | |
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Assumed office 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Tony Wong |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Markham |
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In office 1997–2000 |
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| Preceded by | Jag Bhaduria |
| Succeeded by | John McCallum |
| Markham Town Councillor | |
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In office 1988–1997 |
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| Succeeded by | Joseph Virgillo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 4, 1943 Warwick, Ontario |
| Political party |
Progressive Conservative Canadian Alliance |
| Residence | Markham, Ontario |
| Alma mater | Ryerson Polytechnical Institute |
| Profession | Accountant |
H. James Jones (born February 4, 1943) is a Canadian politician. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2000, initially as a Progressive Conservative and later as a member of the Canadian Alliance.
Jones was born in Warwick, Ontario, and received a degree in Business Administration from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in 1967. He became a Certified General Accountant in 1971. Jones was an internal auditor of the Moore Corporation from 1967 to 1969, and a Marketing Manager at IBM Canada Ltd. from 1969 to 1997.
In 2007 Jones plead guilty to assaulting a maid at a hotel in Niagara-on-the-Lake, citing a momentary lapse in judgement. He had originally been charged with sexual assault following the incident. He received a conditional discharge and was sentenced to 12 months probation and 20 hours of community service.
He began his political career at the municipal level, serving as a councillor in Markham's third ward from 1988 to 1997.
He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1997 federal election, defeating Liberal candidate Gobinder Randhawa by 3,639 votes in Markham. Jones was the only Progressive Conservative candidate elected in Ontario in this election, and some credited his win to local dissatisfaction over the previous Member of Parliament (MP), Jag Bhaduria. Bhaduria had been elected as a Liberal, but resigned from the party amid controversy soon after the election.
Jones was on the right-wing of the Progressive Conservative Party. He initially supported Brian Pallister in the first round of the PC Party's 1998 leadership election, though he later endorsed Joe Clark on the second ballot before Pallister officially withdrew. He later became a supporter of the United Alternative movement, and in 2000 floated the idea of seeking re-election with co-endorsements from the Progressive Conservatives and the newly formed Canadian Alliance, a successor to the Reform Party.
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