Jeff Watson (politician)

Infobox CanadianMP | name=Jeffrey D. Watson


term_start=2004
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predecessor= Susan Whelan
birth_date= birth date and age |1971|3|25
birth_place= Windsor, Ontario
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profession= political analyst, marketing manager, autoworker
party=Conservative
party colour=Conservative
residence=Essex, Ontario
riding=Essex
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spouse=Sarah Watson
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Jeffrey D. Watson (born March 25, 1971 in Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He is the current Member of Parliament for the Essex electoral district in Ontario.

Watson was elected Member of Parliament for Essex in June, 2004.

Watson served on the Standing Committee on the Environment & Sustainable Development [ [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=18567&s=M Parliament of Canada - Federal Political Experience - WATSON, Jeff] ] for two and a half years before being appointed in the fall of 2006 to the Standing Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure & Communities [ [http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MEMBERSOFPARLIAMENT/ProfileMP.aspx?Key=78898&SubSubject=1003&Language=E - Member Profile] ] . More recently, he has been named to the Legislative Committee to study Canada's Clean Air Act [ [http://jeffwatsonmp.ca/news.asp?p=142 JeffWatsonMP.ca - Press Releases - Essex MP Jeff Watson appointed to Special Legislative Committee on Canada's Clean Air Act] ] . He is also chair of the government auto caucus, and a member of the all-party border caucus [ [http://www.conservative.ca/?section_id=1051&linkTo=true&districtId=1487 Conservative Party of Canada - Meet our MPs - Jeff Watson] ] , the Canada-UK and Canada-US Inter-Parliamentary Groups and the Canada-Israel Friendship Group.

In February 2007 Watson came under criticism for comments made at a hearing of the Special Legislative Committee on Canada's Clean Air Act that linked greenhouse gas reductions to a demise in our economy which could result in domestic violence and suicide [ [http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=6c11d1db-b7c5-4252-b60f-4e9eb2a10188&k=27452 "Kyoto a killer, MP says," Mike De Souza, Windsor Star, February 17, 2007] ] . While in April, 2007 the government tabled a report detailing how C-288 will plunge Canada into a recession costing 275,000 jobs, echoing the MPs concerns [ [http://www.ec.gc.ca/doc/media/m_123/toc_eng.html - Report on Bill C-288] ] .

Following his studies in history and political science at the University of Windsor, Watson worked as an executive assistant and marketing director before joining the line at the Trim Division at Daimler Chrysler’s Windsor Assembly Plant, where he was employed for seven years.

In January 2007, the "Windsor Star" reported that Watson and his wife Sarah were involved in the filing of criminal charges against a campaign worker from Watson's 2004 campaign who became campaign manager for Windsor-Tecumseh Conservative Party candidate Rick Fuschi after a falling out with Watson. [ [http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=e8293e18-c3c0-41c5-8810-6f55fa17cc69 "Death threat to MP left workers scared," Anne Jarvis, Windsor Star, January 10, 2007] ]

Testimony revealed that the Watsons even went so far as to invite crown witnesses to their home to review "time lines" and their testimony three days before the trial took place [ [http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=5b621f92-6013-4a29-9c8a-98abcef2d2a7&k=11830 "MP's wife called witnesses," Anne Jarvis, Windsor Star, January 23, 2007] ] . The campaign worker charged was ultimately acquitted [ [http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=3397d04a-4279-4ce2-a86a-c25a42ce091a&k=84468 "Tory campaign manager acquitted of threatening MP Jeff Watson," Anne Jarvis, Windsor Star, January 25, 2007] ] , leaving the Judge "troubled" by the political motivations apparently underlying the charges and the safety of Watson's seat during the next election in question. [ [http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=b3f9e8a0-9df6-4d1e-8eb9-7e13fa4be8cc&k=74325 "Seat in danger as Tories feud," Anne Jarvis, Windsor Star, February 3, 2007] ]

Watson and his wife Sarah have been married ten years. They have four children, Sophie 9, Emma 7, Elijah 3 1/2 and Thaddaeus, 22 months. The Watsons make their home in Amherstburg, Ontario.

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External links

* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=379a808d-9183-4a07-90c7-cdeb0ec3de63&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Parliament Webpage]

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NAME=Watson, Jeffrey D.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH=March 25, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH=Windsor, Ontario, Canada
DATE OF DEATH=living
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