William Lindsay (August 3, 1813 – September 7, 1895) was an Irish-born merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada.
He represented Carleton County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1862 to 1874 as a Liberal member.
Linsday was born in County Fermanagh, the son of Alexander Lindsay and Elizabeth Hetherington.
Lindsay served in the province's Executive Council as a minister without portfolio from 1868 to 1870 and as Surveyor General from 1870 to 1871.
Lindsay served as a proponent and founder of the Houlton Branch Railway Company,[1] along with several other pillars of the New Brunswick establishment such as