Rod Jackson (politician)

Rod Jackson
Ontario MPP
In office 2011–2014
Preceded by	Aileen Carroll
Succeeded by	Ann Hoggarth
Constituency	Barrie
Personal details
Born	1971 (age 45–46)
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Spouse(s)	Joanne
Children	2
Residence	Barrie, Ontario
Occupation	Human resources consultant

Rod Jackson (born c. 1971) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2011 to 2014 who represented the riding of Barrie. He is currently the CEO of the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce.

Prior to his entry into politics, Jackson was a human resources consultant. He lives in Barrie with his wife Joanne and their two children.

In 2004, Jackson ran for the Conservative nomination as the candidate in 2006 federal election in the riding of Barrie. He lost to Patrick Brown. Brown went on to beat Liberal Aileen Carroll.

After Jackson lost the nomination, he was appointed to replace Brown as the city councillor for Barrie. He was re-elected as councillor in 2006 and continued in the position until 2011. He ran in 2011 provincial election to replace Aileen Carroll. Carroll, after losing federally went on to win the provincial riding of Barrie, served for one term and then decided to retire. Jackson defeated Liberal candidate Karl Walsh by 2,521 votes. He served as party critic for the 2015 Pan American Games.

In September 2013, Jackson was accused of terminating a part-time employee citing insufficient funds and then advertising the same position as an unpaid internship. Jackson said the accusation was, "patently untrue." The Ministry of Labour was called in to investigate the situation.

In the June 2014 provincial election, Jackson was defeated by Liberal candidate Ann Hoggarth. Jackson attributed his loss to provincial unions. He said, "I think the unions misrepresented what we were talking about and we paid the price."

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