William Webster | |
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| Postmaster-General of Australia | |
| In office 27 October 1915 – 3 February 1920 | |
| Prime Minister | Billy Hughes |
| Preceded by | William Spence |
| Succeeded by | George Wise |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Gwydir | |
| In office 16 December 1903 – 13 December 1919 | |
| Preceded by | George Cruickshank |
| Succeeded by | Lou Cunningham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 June 1860 Everton, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 3 October 1936 (aged 76) Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | Labor (to 1916) National Labor (1916–1917) Nationalist (from 1917) |
| Spouse |
Jane Buckney (m. 1883) |
| Occupation | Unionist |
William Webster (7 June 1860 – 3 October 1936) was an Australian politician. He began his career in the Australian Labor Party (ALP), serving a single term in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1901–1903) before winning election to the House of Representatives at the 1903 federal election. He served as Postmaster-General in the Hughes government from 1915 to 1920. He left the ALP during the 1916 party split and remained in parliament as a Nationalist until his defeat in 1919.