Editing Hal Jackman (section)

==Life and career==
Jackman was educated at [[Pickering College]], the [[University of Toronto Schools]], [[Upper Canada College]] (where he was a member of [[Upper Canada College houses|Jackson's House]]), the [[University of Toronto Faculty of Law]], and the [[London School of Economics]].

He was the chairman of the board of [[National Trust Company]] and [[Empire Life|The Empire Life Insurance Company]], businesses primarily owned and controlled by his family. In 1964, he married Maruja Trinidad Duncan.

Jackman was the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] candidate in the [[Toronto]] riding of [[Rosedale (electoral district)|Rosedale]], which had been previously held by his father, in the [[1963 Canadian federal election|1963]], [[1965 Canadian federal election|1965]] and [[1974 Canadian federal election]]s. He lost on all three occasions to [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[Donald Stovel Macdonald]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wRZIBAAAQBAJ&q=hal+jackman+%22progressive+conservative+candidate%22+for+ontario&pg=PT38|title=Thumper: The Memoirs of the Honourable Donald S. Macdonald|isbn=9780773581814|last1=MacDonald|first1=Donald S.|last2=McQueen|first2=Rod|date=October 2014}}</ref>

Jackman was a longtime fundraiser for the Progressive Conservatives, and he became a supporter of the [[Canadian Alliance]] when it was formed prior to the 2000 election. He was also an advocate of the [[Unite the Right (Canada)|Unite the Right]] movement, which resulted in the creation of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]].