{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{similar names|William Fitzsimmons (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} '''William Robert FitzSimons''' (26 November 1870 – 20 March 1926) was an Irish-born Australian politician.
He was born at Greencastle in County Donegal to constable Samuel FitzSimons and Isabella, ''née'' McCloy. He arrived in New South Wales around 1886 and began studying dentistry. He married Bessie Amy Love, with whom he had two children. He practised as a dentist in Elizabeth and Macquarie Streets from 1905 to 1926, and also served on Kuringai Shire Council from 1911 to 1922 (president 1917–21). In 1922 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Nationalist member for Cumberland, serving until his death in Sydney in 1926.<ref name=nsw>{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr William Robert FitzSimons (1870–1926) |id=1224 |former=Yes |accessdate=23 June 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-civ}} {{s-bef| before=James Young}} {{s-ttl |title= Shire President of Ku-ring-gai | years =1917{{spaced ndash}}1921 }} {{s-aft|after=Norman McIntosh}} {{s-par|au-nsw-la}} {{succession box | title=Member for Cumberland | before=Ernest Carr | after=James Shand | alongside=Molesworth/McGirr, Walker | years=1922–1926}} {{s-end}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:FitzSimons, William}} Category:1870 births Category:1926 deaths Category:Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Category:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Category:Irish emigrants to colonial Australia Category:Politicians from County Donegal Category:Australian dentists Category:Shire presidents and mayors of Ku-ring-gai Category:Politicians from Sydney