| William Moffat | |
| Birth Date: | 10 January 1847 |
| Birth Place: | Carleton Place, Ontario |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| Constituency: | Claresholm |
| Term Start: | 1909 |
| Term End: | 1917 |
| Predecessor: | Malcolm McKenzie |
| Successor: | Louise McKinney |
| Party: | Alberta Liberal Party |
| Spouse: | Flora McLean |
| Children: | 7 |
| Occupation: | Women's rights activist and politician |
William Moffat (January 20, 1847 – September 5, 1926) was a Canadian politician from Alberta.
William Moffat was born January 20, 1847, in Carleton Place, Ontario to Robert Moffatt and Mary Ann Saunders.[1] He was educated at Carleton Place and married Flora McLean on February 5, 1873, and together had seven children.[1]
Moffat was the Town of Claresholm's first resident and Mayor.[2] He was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1913 general election to the Claresholm under the banner of the Alberta Liberal Party. He defeated Conservative candidate D.S. McMillan and Independent candidate G. Malshow.[3] In the 1917 general election he was defeated by Louise McKinney,[4] who thus became the first woman elected to a Legislature in the British Empire.
Moffat died on September 5, 1926.