Thomas Wilson Paterson (6 December 1850 – 28 August 1921) was a Canadian railway contractor, politician, and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.

[1] After moving to British Columbia in 1885,[2] he helped to build the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway line on Vancouver Island.

[1] In 1897, Paterson filed for and was granted a patent for a spark catcher and smoke burner for locomotives.

[4] In 1902, Paterson ran as an independent candidate in a byelection for the provincial riding of North Victoria prompted by the death of the incumbent, John Paton Booth.

He died in Victoria on August 28, 1921,[10] and was buried in Ross Bay Cemetery.