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Ovid Jackson

1939–

Canada

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Ovid L. Jackson, (born February 3, 1939, in New Amsterdam, Berbice, Guyana) is a Canadian politician. He represented the federal riding of Bruce—Grey and Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound in the House of Commons for the Liberal Party from 1994 to 2004. Jackson, originally from Guyana, was a school teacher at West Hill Secondary School in Owen Sound.

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