Arthur John Child (September 15, 1915 – June 30, 1996) was a British-born Canadian politician and former amateur ice hockey goaltender.

He served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1951 to 1959 representing the Hamilton area riding of Wentworth.

[1] He moved to Canada in 1919 and was educated in Hamilton, Ontario, but returned to England to play hockey in 1935.

[2] In the 1951 provincial election, Child ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the Hamilton area riding of Wentworth.

[3] He served as a backbench supporter of the Leslie Frost government for the next eight years and was re-elected in 1955.