| William N. Chant | |
| Birth Date: | 13 July 1895 |
| Death Place: | Chilliwack, British Columbia |
| Birth Place: | Brampton, Ontario |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Victoria Victoria City (1953-1966) |
| Term Start: | June 9, 1953 |
| Term End: | August 30, 1972 |
| Alongside: | Lydia Arsens and Walter Wright (1953-1956) George Gregory (1956-1960) John Donald Smith (1956-1966) Waldo Skillings (1960-1972) |
| Predecessor: | Daniel John Proudfoot |
| Successor: | David Anderson Newell Morrison |
| Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Camrose |
| Term Start2: | August 22, 1935 |
| Term End2: | March 21, 1940 |
| Predecessor2: | Chester Ronning |
| Successor2: | David B. Mullen |
| Party: | Social Credit Independent Progressive |
William Neelands Chant (July 13, 1895 - September 25, 1976) was a farmer and political figure in Alberta and British Columbia. He represented Camrose in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1940 as a Social Credit and then Independent member and Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1953 to 1972 as a Social Credit member.[1]
He was born in Brampton, Ontario, the son of John Daniel Chant and Mary Abigail Neelands, and was educated there. In 1921, he married Ella Victoria Langbell. Chant was a member of the municipal council and a school trustee for Camrose, Alberta. He served during World War I.[2] Chant was Minister of Agriculture in the Alberta cabinet[3] but resigned from his cabinet post in the Social Credit backbenchers' revolt of 1937.[4] He was defeated when he ran for re-election to the Alberta assembly as an Independent Progressive Party candidate in 1944.[5] Chant ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the British Columbia assembly in 1952 before being elected in 1953;[6] he served as Minister of Public Works in the British Columbia cabinet.[3]