William Mitchell (March 1850 - 21 May 1923) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
He then became a publisher and carried on this pursuit after he arrived in Queensland around 1882 before opening a bookshop in Maryborough.
[1] He married Helen Allen Roughead[1] (died 1919)[2] in Falkirk and together had a son and two daughters.
[4] After spending time as an alderman on Maryborough City Council, Mitchell, a member of the Labour Party stood for the seat of Maryborough at the 1899 Queensland colonial election but finished in last place behind the other four contestants.
[5] He ran again at the 1904 state election and this time, successfully as both he and fellow Labour candidate John Norman won positions in the two member electorate.