Growing up working the land on the family farm, Jeff is a first-generation Canadian.

At the University of Windsor studying Political Science and History, he began his more than decade-long fight against the destructive Liberal agenda, as activist with the campus PC Association and as board member with Bruck Easton in the riding of Windsor-St. Clair.

In 1997, Jeff ran for the Reform Party. Continuing grassroots organizing at constituency and national levels, he returned to his job as Marketing Director and Executive Assistant at Dynamic Displays Fabulous Inflatables. He has since spent nearly six years in Trim Division at Daimler's Windsor Assembly Plant.