William James Winram (January 8, 1838 – February 12, 1891) was a Canadian politician in the province of Manitoba.
Born in Douglas, Isle of Man, as one of a set of twins, the son of James Winram, a shipbuilder, and Annie Hartley, who lived in Ulverston, England, but often traveled back and forth between Liverpool and the Isle of Man, as they had built the ferry which ran between these two ports.
He worked for his father as a mechanical engineer until emigrating to Canada and settling in the County of Simcoe, Ontario.
[2] From August 28, 1888, to February 12, 1891, he was the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.
[1] Winram was married twice: first to Catherine Ingersoll in 1863 and then to Mary Bannerman in 1863 following his first wife's death.