William Jackson Conroy (1849 – December 15, 1915) was a miller, farmer and politician in Quebec.
[1] He was born in Aylmer, the son of Robert Conroy and Mary McConnell.
With his brother Robert, he owned a sawmill and a flour mill at Deschênes.
During the 1890s, the brothers invented a harvesting machine pulled by houses which was in use in western Canada until it was replaced by steam-powered equipment.
In 1895, they established the Hull Electric Company which operated street cars driven by hydro-electric power[1] and also powered electric street lights.