William Jackson is a Canadian administrator. He has served in several fields during his professional career. Jackson was president of the

Manitoba Government Employees' Association The Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union (MGEU) is a trade union in Manitoba, Canada. It has over 32,000 members, and is one of the largest unions in Manitoba. The MGEU represents workers from different fields, including the civil se ...

(MGEA) from 1976 to 1979. He co-chaired a government task force on restructuring the provincial bureaucracy in this period, but resigned in dramatic fashion in February 1978 to protest layoffs in the civil service. Later in the year, he signed an agreement with

Sterling Lyon Sterling Rufus Lyon (January 30, 1927 – December 16, 2010) was a Canadian lawyer, cabinet minister, and the 17th premier of Manitoba from 1977 to 1981. His government introduced several fiscally-conservative measures, and was sometimes seen a ...

's government to give workers protection against layoffs and the contracting out of services. In 1979, Jackson was appointed president of the

National Union of Provincial Government Employees The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is a Canadian trade union. Taken in total it is the second largest union in Canada. Most of its 425,000 members work in the provincial public service sector. There is also a large and gr ...

(NUPGE). Jackson ran for the leadership of the

Manitoba Liberal Party The Manitoba Liberal Party (french: Parti libéral du Manitoba) is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. Its roots can be traced to the late 19th century, following the province's creation in 1870. Origins and early development (to 1883) Origina ...

in 1980, but withdrew from the contest before the leadership convention. He had been considered a frontrunner and said that his departure was due to personal difficulties. He was subsequently forced to stand down as president of the NUPGE, after its executive determined that he had violated the union's non-partisan status. Jackson later served as executive director of the

Albert Schweitzer Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was an Alsatian-German/French polymath. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. A Lutheran minister, Schweit ...

Hospital in the Haiti from 1981 to 1985, when he became director of administration of the Canadian Organization of Development through Education. He was appointed to the Toronto branch of the

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, a ...

in 1988 and was re-appointed in 1998, serving as Coordinating Member of the Convention Refugee Determination Division."IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE BOARD OF CANADA ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS FOR THE TORONTO REGION", ''Canada NewsWire'', 1 September 1988, 12:35; "Reappointment To The Immigration And Refugee Board", ''Canada NewsWire'', 7 April 1998, 16:54.

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