Bill Nankivell

{{Short description|Australian politician (1923–2024)}}

{{distinguish|Bill Nankeville}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Bill Nankivell

| image = Bill_Nankivell.jpg

| image_size =

| office = Chairman of the Committee
on Land Settlement

| term_start = 24 October 1963

| term_end = 31 December 1965

| office1 = Member of the South Australian
House of Assembly

| predecessor1 = Malcolm McIntosh

| successor1 = Peter Lewis

| term_start1 = 7 March 1959

| term_end1 = 15 September 1979

| constituency1 = Albert (1959–1970)
Mallee (1970–1979)

| birth_name = William Field Nankivell

| birth_place = Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|9|7|df=yes}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|6|11|1923|9|7|df=yes}}

| party = Liberal Party

| spouse = {{marriage|Diane Basse|December 1947|December 2016|end={{abbr|d.|died}}}}

| occupation = Farmer, company director

}}

William Field Nankivell (7 September 1923 – 11 June 2024) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Mount Gambier and served in the Royal Australian Air Force{{cite book|title=Nankivell, a Family Affair|date=1986|publisher=A. Williams|isbn=9781862521209|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=miFSAAAACAAJ|language=en}} during World War II from 1944 to 1945. He was a farmer and company director before entering politics. He represented the South Australian House of Assembly seats of Albert from 1959 to 1970 and Mallee from 1970 to 1979 for the Liberal and Country League and Liberal Party. He was a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Land Settlement (1963–1968), Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works (1968–1973) and Public Accounts Committee (1973–1977).{{cite SA-parl |pid=2555 |name=William Nankivell |former=yes |access-date=19 August 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/people/513023|title=Nankivell, William Field|publisher=RSL Virtual War Memorial}}

Nankivell died on 11 June 2024, at the age of 100.{{cite web|url=https://www.murraybridge.news/p/former-mp-bill-nankivell-dies|title=Former MP Bill Nankivell dies|publisher=Murray Bridge News|date=24 June 2024}}