Councillor, and Mayor for Vaughan. Death In November 2000, as she was being re-elected for her seventh term, Jackson was diagnosed with cancer. On April 5, 2002, she succumbed to her battle with cancer, twenty years after first being elected mayor of Vaughan. Then MPP Greg Sorbara described her death as a "power vacuum". Legacy Lorna Jackson Public School and Lorna Jackson Transformer Station are named for the late mayor. Additional, the new Vaughan City Hall, which opened in 2011, was dedicated in honour of Jackson's commitment to the city. Toronto–York Spadina subway extension (TYSSE) realized Jackson's 1988 campaign call to have the TTC subway extend north towards the 407 corridor. References 1935 births 2002 deaths Mayors of Vaughan Ontario municipal councillors Women mayors of places in Ontario 20th-century Canadian women politicians