Eric William Dempster MBE (25 January 1925 – 15 August 2011) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in five Test matches in 1953 and 1954, before becoming an international umpire.

A left-arm spinner and useful lower-order batsman, Dempster played for Wellington from 1947–48 to 1960–61.

His best first-class bowling figures of 5 wickets for 46 runs came in the match against Orange Free State at Bloemfontein in 1953–54,[1] and he scored his only century, 105, for Wellington against Canterbury at Wellington in 1956–57.

[3] Dempster became an umpire and officiated in several of Otago's home first-class and one-day matches from 1971–72 to 1979–80.

[1] In the 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the disabled and cricket.