| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| George Richardson | |
| Birth Name: | George Frederick Richardson |
| Constituency Mp: | Mataura |
| Parliament: | New Zealand |
| Predecessor: | Francis Wallace Mackenzie |
| Successor: | Robert McNab |
| Term Start: | 1884 |
| Term End: | 1893 |
| Predecessor2: | Robert McNab |
| Successor2: | Robert McNab |
| Term Start2: | 1896 |
| Term End2: | 1898 |
| Birth Date: | 1837 |
| Birth Place: | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
| Death Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation: | Surveyor |
George Frederick Richardson (1837 – 23 October 1909), sometimes published as George Francis Richardson,[1] [2] was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Southland, New Zealand and a cabinet minister.
Richardson was born in Cheltenham, England, and came to New Zealand in 1851 on the ship Dominion. He moved to Dunedin, where he qualified as a surveyor.[3] In 1867 he married Augusta Marie Isabella Paterson White, daughter of Invercargill merchant Thomas John White;[4] they had three daughters and two sons.[3]
He represented the Mataura electorate from 1884 to 1893 when he was defeated, and from 1896 to 1898 when he was adjudged bankrupt.[5]
He was Minister of Lands (8 October 1887 – 24 January 1891), Minister of Mines (8 October 1887 – 17 October 1889), Minister of Immigration (8 October 1887 – 24 January 1891) and Minister of Agriculture (17 October 1889 – 24 January 1891) in the 5th Atkinson Ministry.
In 1891 he was granted the right to retain the title of "Honourable".[6] He died at his residence in Tinakori Road, Wellington on 23 October 1909,[7] and was buried at Karori Cemetery.[8]