Arthur Morton Ollivier (23 March 1851 – 21 October 1897) was a businessman in Christchurch, New Zealand, a cricketer, mountaineer, and chess player.

[1] He was the eighth son of John and Elizabeth Ollivier (née Morton).

[2][3] The family with 10 children came to New Zealand on the John Taylor; the ship left London on 10 July 1853 and arrived in Lyttelton on 18 October.

[3] In 1882, Edward Cephas John Stevens and Ollivier initiated the purchase of a parcel of land which became Lancaster Park; this was to overcome the problem of spectators not paying a fee at Hagley Oval.

He went to Castle Hill in the high country for a change of air, but returned even more ill.[23] He died at the early age of 46 on 21 October 1897 at home in the Christchurch suburb of Opawa.

[3][25] He was buried on a Saturday (23 October), and out of respect to him, all cricket matches in Canterbury got cancelled on that day.