William MacRae Nicoll (May 7, 1893 – July 29, 1970) was a Scottish-American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York.
He immigrated to America with his family in 1902 and settled in Scotia, New York, where his father worked as a machinist for the General Electric Company.
[1] In 1923, Nicoll was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing the Schenectady County 2nd District.
In the committee, he struck out the term "juvenile delinquent" and had it replaced with a new category called "person in need of supervision."
[8] Nicoll was a member of the Schenectady County Bar Association and the Scotia Chamber of Commerce.