William Maxwell (1867 – 23 April 1921) was a gold miner and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
He began his working career as a gold miner in Thames before moving to Queensland in 1886 to carry on his trade.
[2] In 1907 Maxwell left Labour to join William Kidston's "Kidstonites" party but he lost his seat at the state election of 1909.
On the 26 September 1895 he married Mary Elizabeth Steele in Georgetown and together had 3 sons and 3 daughters.
[4][5] All of his children have memorial plaques in the family plot in Nundah Cemetery, albeit for John Maxwell who married Nellie Purdie from Capella.