Laurence Frederick McGinty MBE (16 January 1921 – 2 July 1991) was an Australian politician.
He was educated at Christian Brothers High School at Lewisham and St Joseph's College at Hunters Hill before studying at the University of Sydney, where he received a Bachelor of Laws in 1944, having worked as an assessor for the Taxation Department from 1939 to 1942.
He enlisted in the army in 1942, shortly afterwards transferring to the Royal Australian Navy, eventually becoming a lieutenant.
He lost preselection for Willoughby in September 1977 to Nick Greiner and resigned from the Liberal Party, sitting as an Independent.
He contested the election as such and received 15.5% of the vote, allowing Labor candidate Eddie Britt to defeat Greiner.