William McKenzie (Australian politician)

William George Alexander McKenzie OBE (3 December 1883 – 4 February 1969) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Woodend to hotel-keeper Henry Daniel McKenzie and Elizabeth Perry.

After the birth of his first child Joyce in Kyneton, he moved with his family to Wonthaggi, Victoria, where he worked for a time as a clerk at the State owned coal mine.

He served on the Borough of Wonthaggi Council from 1924 to 1952, and was also founding president of the Woodend branch of the Labor Party.

McKenzie was defeated in 1947, and was subsequently a member of the Council of Adult Education; he was also appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.