William Lambie Nelson

The Reverend Doctor William Lambie Nelson (20 September 1808 – 13 June 1887) was an Australian politician who was briefly a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life Rev. Nelson was of Scottish origin and arrived in Australia in 1853 after being invited by the Sydney Presbytery to take spiritual charge of the Presbyterians in the district of Ipswich. He resigned from this position in 1860 to take up pastoral pursuits on the Moonie River. Prior to his resignation, he was encouraging subscriptions for a new Church of Scotland to be built in Toowoomba, and he was identified as a Presbyterian minister in Toowoomba in 1868. On 22 June 1860, the Committee on Elections ruled that the Rev. Nelson was disqualified and a new election must be called to replace him. Joseph Fleming won the resulting by-election on 9 July 1860.

Personal life Although his own political career was very brief, William Lambie Nelson's son Hugh Muir Nelson went on to be Premier of Queensland.

Nelson died in 1887 and was buried in Southport General Cemetery.