William E. Niles (1799 – August 17, 1873) was a farmer, businessman and political figure in Canada West.
[1] He was born in Coeymans, New York in 1799 and came to Upper Canada to live with his uncle Willet Casey in Adolphustown Township.
He later moved to Detroit and then settled on a farm in Upper Canada near the current location of Nilestown, which was named after him.
In 1854, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for East Middlesex as a moderate Reformer.
[1] His daughter Annie Maria married Ellis Walton Hyman, a London businessman;[1] their son Charles Smith Hyman later represented London in the Canadian House of Commons.