Fay Demont Jackson (February 2, 1888 – January 31, 1959) was a provincial politician from

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, Canada. He served as a member of the

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from 1940 to 1944, sitting as an

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MLA. Prior to his election to the legislature, Jackson was a hardware merchant in

Etzikom Etzikom is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the County of Forty Mile No. 8. It is approximately east of Foremost on Highway 61. Etzikom was founded in 1915. Its name comes from the Blackfoot language word for ''valley'' or ''coulee'', ...

, and served on the local

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.Austin Albert Mardon and Catherine A. Mardon, ''History and Origin of Alberta Constituencies''. Golden Meteorite Press, 2012. . Section "The Constituency of Cypress 1926 - 1982".

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Independent Alberta MLAs 1959 deaths 1888 births People from Mason City, Iowa American emigrants to Canada People from the County of Forty Mile No. 8 Alberta school board trustees 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub