William James Paull (March 1846 – 21 September 1926) was a company director and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

On leaving school he gained experience working in his step-father's silver and lead mines.

[1] In 1882 he arrived in Queensland where he became the mine director and partner in Pajingo Station, Charters Towers.

[1] After spending time as a councilor at Charters Towers including two terms as mayor in 1898 and 1901, Paull, standing for the Oppositionists, won the seat of Charters Towers in 1905.

He retired to Codrington Farm, Bowenville, Darling Downs, in 1908 and died in Toowoomba in 1926.