William Hay (1816 – 14 November 1908) was an Australian politician.
Hay was born in Banffshire, Scotland, educated at the University of Aberdeen and arrived in Sydney in 1838.
[citation needed] He was elected as the member for the Murray in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1872 and held the seat until 1877.
[1] Hay won the seat at the 1872 by-election caused by the resignation of Patrick Jennings.
[6] Hay died in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton on 14 November 1908(1908-11-14) (aged 91–92).