Chief Jim Stockwell
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Chief Jim Stockwell is part of one of the major story arcs of the third season of the American television show Queer as Folk. During this season, the position for Mayor has become available, and Jim Stockwell, the current chief of police, is the Republican candidate (a red R next to his name on a TV screen during election night in the season finale is the only clear evidence to his actual party allegiance). Stockwell was originally behind in the polls, but after Brian Kinney became his campaign manager, he was winning the race. Stockwell is homophobic, and many characters, namely Debbie Novotny, are very vocal in his opposition, and this leads to many conflicts with Brian supporting his candidacy. In fact, at one point in the series, Stockwell closes all the bars, clubs and bathhouses on Liberty Avenue except for Club Babylon, and there the infamous back room has been closed. Stockwell fires Brian when he finds out that he is gay (one of his officers recognized him during a bust at the bar Woody's), but later re-hires him when he begins slipping in the polls once more. At this point, Kinney and Justin are secretly working together on a smear campaign against Stockwell by posting negative flyers around Pittsburgh. Stockwell catches Kinney in his apartment with the flyers, and he is fired by both Stockwell and his advertising firm. Justin Taylor and Kinney then find out that a young gay man who had been found dead in a dumpster early on in the series (frequently referred to as "Dumpster Boy") had been murdered by a cop, and Stockwell had conspired to keep this a secret. Using all the money he has (and maxing out several credit cards), Kinney runs a series of ad campaigns highlighting Stockwell's corruption, causing the Liberty Avenue area to come out in droves on Election night and defeat Stockwell. In the fourth season, Lindsay Peterson mentions that Stockwell had been indicted for his part in the coverup.
The character is a parody of the Conservative Canadian politician Stockwell Day.[1]
| Queer as Folk (US) | |
|---|---|
| Production: | Episode List | Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 |
| Main characters: | Brian | Michael | Justin | Emmett | Ted | Lindsay | Melanie | Debbie | Vic | Ben |
| Secondary characters: | David | Blake | Ethan | Chief Stockwell | Hunter | Jennifer Taylor | Daphne | Horvath | Drew Boyd |
| Places & locations: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
- ^ Govani, Shinan. "You've got to be seen in white: The new black is all the rage at events around town", National Post, 2003-06-06.
