Richard Hibbs (1876 – September 9, 1940) was a farmer, journalist and political figure in the Colony of Newfoundland.
He represented Fogo from 1919 to 1923 and from 1924 to 1932 and Trinity Bay in 1923 as a member of the Fishermen's Protective Union.
He was a member of the Executive Council, serving as Minister of Public Works in 1923.
Hibbs also held the Public Works portfolio, no longer a cabinet post, from 1928 to 1932.
After he retired from politics, he was superintendent for the penitentiary at St. John's and a commissioner in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland.