Background
Wilson was born in Vancouver, spent his early years in Kenya and returned to British Columbia in the 1970s. He has a BSc from the State University of New York, and a Master's degree from the University of British Columbia in Resource Economics.
He raised two children with his wife Elizabeth in the Middlepoint area of BC's Sunshine Coast, dabbling in pig farming before teaching Resource Economics and Economic Geography at Capilano College (North Vancouver), where he also served as president of the faculty association.
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