Bill Knight

For other people named Bill Knight, see Bill Knight (disambiguation).

William George Knight (born October 24, 1947) is a former senior executive and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada.

Bill Knight
MP for Assiniboia
In office November 8, 1971 – July 8, 1974
Preceded by	Albert B. Douglas
Succeeded by	Ralph Goodale
Personal details
Born	(1947-10-24) October 24, 1947 (age 77) Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political party	New Democratic Party
Occupation	Teacher
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Knight was born in Estevan, Saskatchewan. A teacher by profession, Knight was first elected as a New Democratic Party MP in a 1971 by-election and was re-elected in 1972. He represented the riding of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan until his defeat in the 1974 federal election^[2] by Liberal Ralph Goodale. Knight attempted to return to Parliament from the same constituency in 1979 but was defeated by Progressive Conservative Lenard Gustafson.^[3]

Knight served as principal secretary to both federal NDP leader Ed Broadbent and Saskatchewan Premier Allan Blakeney in the 1970s. In the 1980s he was federal secretary of the New Democratic Party and its chief electoral strategist.^[4] Knight joined the credit union movement in 1989 and, from 1995 to 2001, served as President and CEO of Credit Union Central of Canada,^[4] the central governing body for the credit union movement, and helped integrate services at credit unions cross the country. In 2001, Knight was named the first Commissioner of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada by Finance Minister Paul Martin.^[5] His term ended in 2006.