William Joseph Carlton (2 May 1894 – 30 January 1949) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1935 and his death.

He was educated to elementary level and was employed by the New South Wales Government Railways as a boilermaker's assistant.

During World War One, Carlton served as a private in a machine-gun company of the First Australian Imperial Force.

[3][4] Glebe was abolished by a redistribution at the 1941 and Carlton won Labor endorsement for the marginal seat of Concord.

In Labor's landslide victory at that election, Carlton defeated the sitting incumbent United Australia Party member Stan Lloyd.