William Walter Hood (25 March 1844 – 18 August 1920) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Upon his arrival in Australia he was educated at the Geelong Grammar School and after receiving commercial experience in Melbourne he set out to Queensland in 1863.

[1] On 11 February 1868 Hood married Mary Jane Sceales (died 1902)[2] and together had six sons and nine daughters.

[3] Hood's first experience as a politician was with the Ararat Shire Council in Victoria.

Following the death of the sitting member, James Crombie in 1898, Hood won the subsequent by-election for the seat of Warrego in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.