Gilbert "Whip" Wilson

Gilbert "Whip" Wilson
Sheriff of Camden County, New Jersey
Assumed office
December 3, 2015
Preceded byCharles H. Billingham
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
from the 5th district
In office
January 25, 2010 – December 2, 2015
Preceded byDonald Norcross
Succeeded byArthur Barclay
Personal details
Born
Gilbert L. Wilson

(1947-03-17) March 17, 1947 (age 77)
Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
SpouseMartha
Residence(s)Camden, New Jersey
Alma materCamden County College
Rowan University
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceUnited States Air Force
Years of service1965–1969
RankSergeant
Battles/warsVietnam War

Gilbert L. "Whip" Wilson (born March 17, 1947) is an American Democratic Party politician who has been the sheriff of Camden County, New Jersey since December 2015. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2010. when he was selected by party leaders to fill the vacant seat of Donald Norcross who had moved up to the New Jersey Senate, until December 2015 when he resigned in order to take office as sheriff . While in the Assembly, he represented the 5th Legislative District. Wilson was a councilman at-large in the City of Camden from 1997 to 2000 and again from 2005 to 2010.