William Crockett (Australian politician)

William Paul Crockett (c. 1864 – 25 July 1932) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Mansfield to farmer Anthony Forrest Crockett and Annie McDermott.

He attended state schools and worked on farms before becoming a carpenter.

Involved in the formation of the Country Party, he was a minister without portfolio from September 1923 to March 1924 and from November 1924 to June 1925, when he resigned over dried fruit rates and the wheat pool.

In 1926 he joined the Country Progressive Party, remaining a member of the Council until his resignation in 1928.