Jeff Watson

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Jeffrey D. Watson
Member of Parliament for Essex
Incumbent
Assumed office  2004
Preceded by	Susan Whelan
Born	March 25, 1971 (1971-03-25) (age 37) Windsor, Ontario
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Sarah Watson
Residence	Essex, Ontario
Profession	political analyst, marketing manager, autoworker

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 ^[1] for two and a half years before being appointed in the fall of 2006 to the Standing Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure & Communities ^[2]. More recently, he has been named to the Legislative Committee to study Canada's Clean Air Act^[3]. He is also chair of the government auto caucus, and a member of the all-party border caucus^[4], 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^[5]. 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 ^[6].

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 of 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.^[7]

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^[8]. The campaign worker charged was ultimately acquitted^[9], 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. ^[10]

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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Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Susan Whelan, Liberal	Member of Parliament from Essex 2004-present	Succeeded by incumbent

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