Oliver Walter Wright (1881 – 21 January 1938) was an English trade unionist and political activist.
He later worked for the Butterley Company, and in 1920 was elected as lodge secretary for the Derbyshire Miners' Association (DMA), and as a delegate to its council.
[1] Unusually, he was nominated by the local Labour Party, but later acquired the sponsorship of the DMA after it failed to agree an alternative candidate.
He was appointed as one of its trustees, and in 1928 beat eleven other candidates, including Joseph Lynch and Samuel Sales, to become the DMA's treasurer.
He served in the post for ten years, but he suffered from poor health and had to take frequent absences due to illness.