predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp party birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation
thomas cossitt jim jordan canadian redcar , yorkshire , england leeds -- grenville progressive conservative 22 june 1948 1982 thomas cossitt jennifer cossitt
 1988 jennifer cossitt business executive
jennifer cossitt

jennifer cossitt -lrb- née birchall , born 22 june 1948 in redcar , yorkshire , england -rrb- was a progressive conservative party member of the canadian house of commons .
she was a business executive by career .
her husband was thomas cossitt , member of parliament for the leeds -- grenville electoral district .
following his death in 1982 , she campaigned at the riding in a 12 october 1982 by-election and won the seat .
on her first day in the house of commons -lrb- 27 october 1982 -rrb- , she spoke against liberal employment policies and entered an unsuccessful motion to debate these .
jennifer cossitt won re-election in the 1984 federal election , but was defeated in the following 1988 federal election by jim jordan of the liberal party .
she served for the latter part of the 32nd canadian parliament and a full term in the 33rd parliament .
