- Lois Jackson
Lois Jackson is the
mayor ofDelta, British Columbia . She was first elected toDelta Municipal Council in 1972. She was the first woman to hold office in 1973 [ [http://www.lcs.gov.bc.ca/BRDO/memView.asp?Member=140730 Province of British Columbia ] ] as anAlderman , later changed toCouncillor .Lois Jackson was elected in November 1999 to become Delta's second female Mayor replacing the first female mayor
Beth Johnson . [ [http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/1999/11/21/bc_civelection991121.html Voters turf mayors in several lower mainland cities] ] She was re-elected in a close contest in the 2005 elections to a third term as mayor. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2005/11/20/bc_sullivan20051120.html Sullivan wins, leads NPA to victory] ]As mayor Lois Jackson opposed a treaty with the
Tsawwassen First Nation for fear it would result in Delta losing its agricultural land. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2006/12/08/tsawwassen-treaty.html Delta mayor concerned about Tsawwassen treaty] ]In December 2005 she was elected chair of the
Greater Vancouver Regional District board, of which she had been a member for the previous nine years. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2005/12/09/bc_gvrd-delta20051209.html Delta mayor takes over as GVRD chair] ]Vancouver Coun. Peter Ladner spent the week of the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention lobbying for support to challenge current chairwoman Lois Jackson this December [ [http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=d2f4b2b9-1cb2-4402-a5a8-a96c5db01bb6 Ladner launches bid to unseat regional chief ] ]
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* [http://www.corp.delta.bc.ca/EN/main/mayor/1087/l_jackson.html Mayor Lois Jackson]
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