William Henry Ellis (1819 – March 28, 1858) was an English-born politician in

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

. He represented Fogo in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1855 to 1858. He was born on the Isle of Wight and came to Newfoundland around 1838. He was a member of a committee formed to protest a Fishery Convention between England and France in January 1857 granting the French fishing rights on the south and west portions of Newfoundland; the treaty was dropped by Britain in May of the same year. Ellis died in office in 1858.

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* Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly 1819 births 1858 deaths Newfoundland Colony people English emigrants to pre-Confederation Newfoundland {{Newfoundland-politician-stub