Richard Meredith (27 January 1843 – 20 August 1918) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

[1][2] He won the Ashley electorate in the 1890 general election against James Dupré Lance,[3] and was re-elected three times.

In the 1902 election, he was defeated for the replacement seat of Hurunui by Andrew Rutherford (who was also of the Liberal Party).

[5] On 10 April 1867, Meredith married Louisa Willis (1847–1929) at the Durham Street Wesleyan Church in Christchurch.

[2] They had four sons and five daughters before his wife left him, taking all the possessions and leaving just a portrait of him behind.