{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{for|the American football player|Johnny Williams (American football)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = John Elliot Williams | image = | image_size = | office = MLA (Councillor) for 4th Kings | predecessor = Gilbert Clements | successor = Gilbert Clements | term_start = 1978 | term_end = 1979 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|09|05}} | birth_place = Beach Point, Prince Edward Island | death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|06|04|1920|09|05}} | death_place = Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | party = Progressive Conservative }} '''John Elliot Williams''' (September 5, 1920 – June 4, 1988) was a Canadian politician and boat builder. He represented 4th Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1978 to 1979 as a Progressive Conservative.<ref name="bio directory">{{cite book|last=Weeks|first=Blair|title=Minding the House: A Biographical Guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873–1993|url=https://archive.org/details/mindinghousebiog0000week/page/201|accessdate=2016-12-29|year=2002|publisher=The Acorn Press|isbn=1-894838-01-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/mindinghousebiog0000week/page/201 201]}}</ref>
Williams was born in 1920 in Beach Point, Prince Edward Island.<ref name="bio directory"/> He married Annie Giddings in 1940.<ref name="bio directory"/> Williams enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War, to work as a shipwright.<ref name="bio directory"/> Following the war, he returned to Beach Point, and worked various jobs as a fisherman and carpenter before starting a career as a boat builder in the 1950s.<ref name="bio directory"/>
Williams entered provincial politics in the 1978 election, defeating Liberal incumbent Gilbert Clements by 24 votes to become councillor for the electoral district of 4th Kings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1978Report.pdf|title=Official provincial general election results 1978|publisher=Elections PEI|date=April 24, 1978|accessdate=2016-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923235128/http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1978Report.pdf|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Williams was defeated by Clements when he ran for re-election in 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionspei.ca/pdfs/ceoreports/results/1979Report.pdf|title=Official provincial general election results 1979|publisher=Elections PEI|date=April 23, 1979|accessdate=2016-12-29}}</ref>
Following his term as MLA, Williams continued his career as a boat builder and died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown in June 1988.<ref name="bio directory"/>
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