He attended Bega State School and after finishing his education moved to Queensland where he managed a farm at Tent Hill, in the Gatton region.
Jamieson, an independent politician, won the seat of Lockyer at the 1929 Queensland state election.
He defeated the sitting member, George Logan, who was representing the Country and Progressive National Party.
[2] He held the electorate for three years, retiring at the 1932 Queensland state election when Lockyer was abolished.
Jamieson was also a Queensland representative of the Dairy Produce Export Board, the District Council Chairman of West Moreton Dairymen's Organisation, and a member of the Dairy Produce Production Costs Committee.