Joseph Jackson (April 1, 1831 – October 31, 1908) was a Canadian parliamentarian and lumberman.

[1] Jackson was born in Norfolk County in what was then Upper Canada[1] and became a lumberman in Simcoe.

[2] He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1882 federal election representing Norfolk South as a Liberal MP after defeating incumbent William Wallace by 26 votes.

He was defeated after a single term in the 1887 federal election losing to Conservative David Tisdale by 61 votes.

[2][3] He was married twice: first to Melinda Dowling and then to Mrs. Robert Jackson.