The Reverend William Robertson Wood (June 6, 1874[1]—December 11, 1947[2]) was a Presbyterian minister and politician in Manitoba, Canada.
He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1914 provincial election, losing to Conservative cabinet minister James H. Howden by 32 votes in the Beautiful Plains constituency.
[3] Howden did not seek re-election in the 1915 election, and Wood defeated his Conservative opponent[1] J.H.
The Liberals won a landslide majority in this election, and Wood served as a backbench supporter of Tobias Norris's government.
[2] He died in Portage la Prairie as the result of injuries sustained in a fall in Poplar Point.