Jennifer Mossop

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name = Jennifer Mossop
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birth_date =
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residence = Grand Bend
office = Former Member of Provincial Parliament
term_start = October 23, 2003
term_end = October 23, 2007
predecessor = Brad Clark
successor = Paul Miller
constituency = Stoney Creek, Ontario
party = Liberal
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occupation = television journalist
website = [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=2144 Legislative Assembly of Ontario biography]

Jennifer F. Mossop is a former politician and journalist in Ontario, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Stoney Creek for the Ontario Liberal Party from 2003 to 2007.

Prior to her election, Mossop was a well-known television news anchor and reporter in Hamilton, Ontario. She joined Hamilton television station CHCH in 1981, and remained a member of the station's reporting team for more than twenty years. She also served as a news anchor for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and wrote articles for the "Hamilton Spectator".

Mossop's election to the Ontario legislature in the 2003 election took place under unusual circumstances. The original Liberal candidate for Stoney Creek was Tony Magnini, who was not generally regarded as a credible match for the Progressive Conservative incumbent, Brad Clark. Magnini was forced to resign after serious fraud allegations emerged in mid-campaign, however, and Mossop's last-minute candidacy reinvigorated the Liberal Party's organization in the riding. On election day, Mossop was able to defeat Clark by about 5,000 votes.

She was appointed parliamentary assistant to Madeleine Meilleur, the Ontario Minister of Culture, on October 23, 2003. She later served as parliamentary assistant to the new Minister of Culture Caroline Di Cocco.

In June 2007, Mossop announced she would not seek re-election in the upcoming 2007 provincial election [http://www.thespec.com/article/208229] . The Liberal Party chose another journalist, Nerene Virgin, as its candidate, but Virgin was defeated by New Democrat candidate Paul Miller.

Mossop is married to Dave Betts, a musician formerly with the Canadian rock band Honeymoon Suite.