| William Desmond | |
| Office: | Teachta Dála |
| Term Start: | February 1932 |
| Term End: | July 1937 |
| Constituency: | Cork Borough |
| Party: | Fine Gael |
| Otherparty: | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Birth Place: | County Cork, Ireland |
| Death Date: | 5 September 1941 |
| Death Place: | County Cork, Ireland |
William Desmond (died 5 September 1941) was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal and later Fine Gael politician.[1] A hotel proprietor, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1932 general election as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork Borough constituency, where his party colleague W. T. Cosgrave (the President of the Executive Council) topped the poll.
He was re-elected at the 1933 election, but lost his seat at the 1937 general election, when the constituency was reduced from 5 seats to 4.[2] He then retired from politics.
Desmond was Lord Mayor of Cork from 1940 to 1941.[3]