Wilbur Roy Jackett,OC QC (June 27, 1912 – September 10, 2005) was aCanadian scholar, public servant, jurist, and the first chief justice of theFederal Court of Canada.

Born inTompkins,Saskatchewan, Jackett moved with his family toKamsack, Saskatchewan in 1920 at the age of eight. After graduating from high school in Kamsack, Jackett graduated with degrees in both Arts and Laws from theUniversity of Saskatchewan. In 1933 he was elected aRhodes Scholar and went to study at theUniversity of Oxford. He was called to theBar of Saskatchewan.

From 1957 to 1960, he was the EighthDeputy Minister of the Department of Justice. In 1960 he became general counsel for theCanadian Pacific Railway. He was later appointed president of theExchequer Court of Canada. He was the First Chief Justice of theFederal Court of Canada from 1971 until 1979.

On 9 May 1958, he was awarded anhonoraryDCL from the University of Saskatchewan. In 1981, he was made an Officer of theOrder of Canada.

• Richard W. Pound (2000).Chief Justice W.R. Jackett: By the Law of the Land. McGill-Queen's University Press.ISBN 0-7735-1898-3.
• Sabitru Ghosh (November 7, 2005)."WILBUR ROY JACKETT, JURIST 1912-2005".The Globe and Mail.

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