William Sheffield Paul (1832-1902) was a politician in Queensland, Australia.
He migrated to Sydney in 1853 and commenced business with his brother as general merchants under E & W Paul.
He migrated in 1862 to Queensland, became involved in Glendarriwill Station, Springsure;[2] and became General shipping manager for Associated Collieries Newcastle, and from 1878; Manager for William Sloane & Co, Brisbane; he was involved in dividing runs commissioner under Crown Lands Act of 1884, Queensland; New South Wales government run appraiser, 1887.
Paul was a member for Leichhardt in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1878 to 1879 and then again from 1888 to 1893.
[4] He married Maria Smith on 1 July 1899 and they had a son and a daughter.