The Honourable William Ralph Talbot Chetwynd MC (July 28, 1890 – April 3, 1957) was a British-Canadian businessman and politician.

Born in Staffordshire, England, he was the younger brother of Sir (Arthur Henry) Talbot Chetwynd, 7th Baronet.

Under shell fire of a very intense description he attended to a wounded soldier, who was lying out in the open, unable to move, and having bandaged him, carried him into safety in a quarry near by, with the assistance of stretcher bearers.

As a fruit grower and rancher, he saw both the potential for the Cariboo and Peace River Country, but also the need for efficient rail transportation to serve the region.

Full of confidence, he once bet executives at PGE, and politicians (a new Stetson hat), that the new extension line for Peace River would leave North Vancouver on June 11, 1956 at 4:15 pm.