William Cummings (1 February 1803 – 22 January 1878) was an Irish-born Australian politician.

He was the son of pastoralist Keenan Cummings and Elizabeth Shelly, and migrated toNew South Wales around 1822. He became a pastoralist andsquatter, acquiring extensive land in theWellington andLachlan districts. On 19 October 1829 he married Mary Ducey; they would have eleven children. In 1859 he was elected to theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly forEast Macquarie, serving until his defeat in 1874. Cummings died atPeel in 1878.^[1]

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