Lois Jackson was first elected to Delta Municipal Council in 1972, when over 60 percent of Delta's population was under 18, becoming the first woman to serve on council. She was re-elected in a close contest in the
2005 elections to a third term as mayor. In December 2005, she was elected chair of the
Greater Vancouver Regional District board, of which she had been a member for the previous nine years. Vancouver councillor
Peter Ladner spent the week of the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention lobbying for support to challenge current chairwoman Jackson in December 2009. In early 2018, Jackson announced that she would not be seeking another term as Delta's mayor after 19 years in the position. Surprisingly in September 2018, after being asked by her former city planner and candidate for mayor George Harvie, Jackson announced her bid for a seat on Delta Council. She was
elected to council on October 19, 2018. Jackson also retained her spot as chair of the Greater Vancouver Regional District board, and later returned to having her regular position on the board, until Mayor Harvie voted her off the board entirely in 2019 without notice, which Jackson has commented in the news saying this was just days before the Massey Tunnel Expansion funding vote was to be held, which she was unable to vote or speak in as a strong advocate for the project. In 2022 before the end of her term, Jackson announced her resignation off of council, and publicly states she was really disappointed with how things turned out, and would run for re-election against Harvie if she was younger, mentioning health problems in her family. She also went on to state she would not vote for anyone on the Achieving for Delta slate still led by George Harvie, as the council would not be a good future for Delta according to Jackson. In May 2024, Mayor Harvie was removed from his position as chair of the Metro Vancouver Board of Directors, and Jackson finally spoke out again about her disapproval of council's sudden decision and the leadership over the past few years, calling it "a sad state of affairs". == Policies ==