Alfred Richard Barclay (8 August 1859 – 10 November 1912) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for two Dunedin electorates, representing the Liberal Party.
[2] Barclay received his education from the public school in Timaru, from Christ's College in Christchurch, and from the University of Otago in Dunedin.
He practised as a barrister and solicitor for some time, and was appointed lecturer in constitutional history at the University of Otago in 1891.
[5] In 1907, Barclay introduced a motion in the debating chamber for the nationalisation of the supply of food and clothing.
[6] He was nominated as the Labour Party candidate for Dunedin North in 1911 but withdrew because of illness.