Jeff Watson

Who is Jeff Watson?

Jeffrey D. Watson is a Canadian politician. He is the current Member of Parliament for the Essex electoral district in Ontario.

Watson was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Essex in June 2004 and re-elected in January 2006 and October 2008 as a member of the Conservative Government led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Watson is the first Conservative elected in the riding of Essex in 46 years. He also has the distinction of being designated by the Library of Parliament as the first autoworker elected to the Parliament of Canada.

Watson serves on the Standing Committee on the Environment & Sustainable Development and on the Standing Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure & Communities. He is also Chair of the Government Auto Caucus, a member of the All-Party border Caucus, and the Canada-UK, Canada-Italy Inter-Parliamentary Groups. As well he serves as a member of the Executive and Vice-Chair respectively as a member of the Canada-Israel and Canada-US Inter-Parliamentary Groups.