Wilfrid J. Wilkinson a retired chartered accountant was a founding partner of Wilkinson & Company, a public accounting firm.  He is a past-president of the Public Accountants Council – Province of Ontario, and a past Treasurer of both the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. He is also a member of the Institute of Charged Accountants of Quebec and the Royal Canadian Military Institute and was elected a Fellow of the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants.

        After retiring from accountancy, Mr. Wilkinson was the part-time executive director of the Quinte Ballet School of Canada. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Morris Industries Ltd., a company that manufactures advanced air seedings and tillage systems. He has also been chairman of the Trenton Memorial Hospital fundraising committee, a founding chairman of the Belleville Cheshire Home for Physically Handicapped Adults, chairman of the Board for Loyalist College and president of the district council of the Boy Scouts of Canada.

        A Rotarian since 1962, Mr. Wilkinson is a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Trenton, Ontario. He has served Rotary International as vice-president, director, trustee of The Rotary Foundation and district governor.  He has also been an International Assembly discussion leader and chairman and member of several Rotary committees including chairing the Rotary International Centennial Convention in Chicago.

        As a member of the International PolioPlus Committee, Mr. Wilkinson has been dedicated to the global effort to eradicate polio. He participated in National Immunization Days (NIDS) in Kenya, Tanzania, India and also administered polio drops to children of Afghan refugees in Pakistan.  He has also been a Health, Hunger and Humanity Program volunteer to India.  In addition, Mr. Wilkinson has had Rotary assignments in South African, Namibia, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and New Zealand and many regions of the United States and Canada. 

        Mr. Wilkinson has been recognized for his humanitarian service by the Knights of Columbus, the Province of Ontario, the government of Canada and in 2001 was honored by Pope John Paul II with the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal. He is also the recipient of many of Rotary’s honors, including the Citation for meritorious Service, The International Service Award for a Polio-free World, the Distinguished Service Award and Service Above Self Award.

        Mr. Wilkinson has been married to Joan since 1953 and they have four sons and eight grandchildren.