Michael Roper Embley (born July 30, 1938) is an American politician who served as the third mayor of West Valley City, Utah.

Embley was general manager of the Kearns Improvement District when he decided to get involved in West Valley City politics.

[1][2] Embley was elected to represent District 1 on the West Valley City Council on November 3, 1981 over Ray White with a vote of 53% to 47%.

On April 30, 1987 Mayor Embley was arrested for soliciting sex from a police officer posing as a prostitute in downtown Salt Lake City.

On May 20, flanked by his family at a news conference, Embley resigned and told reporters and city employees that he felt the incident raised questions about his leadership and created undue hardship for other elected leaders.