William Edward Dickson (26 April 1893 – 22 May 1966) was an English-born Australian politician.

He migrated to Australia in 1913 and worked as an accountant for a mine in Broken Hill.

He lost his job after opposing conscription during World War I, and worked as a labourer and then as manager of the Barrier Daily Truth.

[1] He then moved to Sydney, and from 1925 to 1934 was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.

Involved in Bob Heffron's Industrial Labor Party, he soon returned to the ALP and was general secretary from 1940 to 1941 and campaign director from 1940 to 1952.