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Biographical Sketch: William Paul Joseph McCrossan is an actuary and former Canadian Member of Parliament.
An actuary by profession, McCrossan has served as president of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. He was employed by Canada Life Assurance prior to being elected to the House of Commons.
He represented the riding of York—Scarborough as a Progressive Conservative from 1978 to 1980. As an MP, he introduced a private member's bill, Bill C-255, the Public Pensions Reporting Act,[which passed unanimously.
He also served in the House of Commons from 1984 to 1988 representing the riding of Scarborough—Agincourt.
From 1995 to 1996, he was president of the International Actuarial Association. In 2001, he was named to the Standards Advisory Council of the International Accounting Standards Committee. He was a consulting actuary and partner at Eckler Partners Ltd., now known as Eckler Ltd. He served on the advisory committee for Sir Derek Morris's review of the actuarial profession in the United Kingdom, known as the Morris Review.[5]
In 2010, McCrossan was named to the New BrunswickTask Forceon Protecting Pensions.