William Poy

William Poy, MM (Chinese: 伍英才; pinyin: Wǔ Yīngcái; Cantonese Yale: Ńgh Yīng-Chòih; 1907 – 3 February 2002) was an Australian-born Canadian civil servant and businessman of Chinese descent. He served with The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (the Volunteers) during World War II as a Lance Corporal messenger and worked for the Canadian Trade Commission in Hong Kong. He was awarded the Military Medal for his service in Hong Kong.

Poy was born in Chiltern, Victoria, Australia. He left Hong Kong and settled in Ottawa, Ontario, with his wife Ethel Poy and their two children, Adrienne and Neville. His daughter, Adrienne, would later become the Governor General of Canada.

Poy obtained a degree in political science from the University of Ottawa. He continued to work at the trade commission and later became a stock broker.

He retired in the mid 1970s and moved to Toronto. Widowed in 1988, he died at a nursing home in 2002.

Poy was survived by a brother, Lindsay, in Australia and other distant relatives in China and Australia. He was predeceased by his brother Leslie.

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