Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson
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Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson (1883 - 1971) was a British
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 colonial governor.

Jackson was the 23rd Governor of Mauritius from August 30, 1930, to June 7, 1937, and was knighted on June 3, 1931. During this period the constitution was modified in 1933, and Dr Maurice Curé founded the worker's party as first political party in February of 1936. Colonial secretary Edward Walter Evans (1890–1985) acted in place of him for these periods, when he was absent because of professional reasons. Afterwards Jackson served as Governor of British Guiana from November 19, 1937, to November 7, 1941., and then he was Governor of Tanganyika from June 19, 1941, to April 28, 1945.
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