Jonathan Robert Ford (born 11 August 1958) is an Australian former politician.
He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2001 to 2013, representing the Mining and Pastoral region.
Finally a fourth portfolio was added to his responsibilities when he became Minister for Employment Protection in February 2008.
Ford ceased to be a minister after the Carpenter government was defeated at the 2008 state election.
[1] Ford was the Labor candidate for the Western Australian seat of O'Connor at the 2016 federal election.