Richard Fletcher Ruston (August 28, 1919 – May 19, 2002) was a politician in Ontario, Canada.
Ruston was born in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, and educated in the area.
The Progressive Conservative Party governed Ontario during this period, and Ruston was an opposition member for his legislative career.
Ruston announced that he would retire from the legislature in mid-1985, and was not a candidate in that year's provincial election.
[7] Fellow MPP and friend Sean Conway described him as a follower of Ontario's Clear Grit tradition, and a believer that "the best government [...] is the smaller unit closest to the people".