Frederick William Teesdale (3 April 1864 – 14 December 1931) was an Australian politician who was a Nationalist Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1917 until his death, representing the seat of Roebourne.

Teesdale initially engaged in prospecting and pearling, but from 1889 kept a store in Roebourne.

[1] Teesdale first stood for parliament at the 1914 state election, contesting Roebourne for the Liberal Party but losing to Joseph Gardiner of the Labor Party.

Teesdale was re-elected on another four occasions, including unopposed in 1924,[2] but died in office in December 1931, of tuberculosis.

[3] He had married Lilian Hall (née Bruce), a widow, in 1893, but they had no children.