william field nankivell (born 7 september 1923) is a former australian politician. he was a member of the liberal party. he represented the south australian house of assembly seats of albert (1959–1970) and mallee (1970–1979). 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)