Bill Estabrooks

{{Short description|Canadian educator and politician (1947–2024)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

|honorific-suffix = ECNS

| image = Bill Estabrooks.jpg

| name = Bill Estabrooks

| caption = Estabrooks in 2015

| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|7|26}}

| birth_place = Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|6|4|1947|7|26}}

| death_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

| residence = Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia

| constituency_AM = Timberlea-Prospect

| assembly = Nova Scotia House of

| term_start = March 24, 1998

| term_end = October 8, 2013

| predecessor = Bruce Holland

| successor = Iain Rankin

| office2 = Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal

| term_start2 = June 19, 2009

| term_end2 = May 30, 2012

| predecessor2 = Brooke Taylor

| successor2 = Maurice Smith

| office3 = Minister of Energy

| term_start3 = June 19, 2009

| term_end3 = January 11, 2011

| predecessor3 = Barry Barnet

| successor3 = Charlie Parker

| party = NDP

| religion =

| occupation = School teacher

}}

William Irvine Estabrooks (July 26, 1947 – June 4, 2024) was a Canadian educator and politician from Nova Scotia.{{cite book|title=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide|author1=Gale, T.|author2=Group, G.|date=1999|publisher=Gale Group|issn=0315-6168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q_iIAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=February 20, 2015}}

A native of Sackville, New Brunswick, Estabrooks attended Mount Allison University from which he graduated in 1969. Estabrooks found employment as a teacher in the communities around Halifax, Nova Scotia, residing in the suburban community of Upper Tantallon. Estabrooks taught at various schools in Halifax including Sir John A. Macdonald High, Sackville High and Brookside Junior High.{{Cite news|url=https://nslegislature.ca/members/profiles/bill-estabrooks|title=Bill Estabrooks|date=2017-04-21|work=Nova Scotia Legislature Website|access-date=2018-05-29|language=en}} He was involved in local chapters of the Lions Club as well as volunteering with local hockey and football teams. He was also a recipient of the Lions International Presidents' Recognition Award and the Medal of Bravery from the Governor General.

In 2015, the Hubley Community Centre was named the Estabrooks Community Hall in Bill Estabrooks' honour for his years of dedication to the community.{{Cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1310927-howe-room-estabrooks-humbled-by-community%E2%80%99s-naming-gesture|title=HOWE ROOM: Estabrooks humbled by community's naming gesture|date=2015-09-13|website=The Chronicle Herald|language=en|access-date=2018-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418032736/http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1310927-howe-room-estabrooks-humbled-by-community%E2%80%99s-naming-gesture|archive-date=2018-04-18|url-status=dead}}