| Richard Monk | |
| Birth Date: | 1833 |
| Birth Place: | Lancashire, England |
| Death Place: | Woodhill, New Zealand |
| Resting Place: | Symonds Street Cemetery |
| Constituency Mp: | Waitemata |
| Parliament: | New Zealand |
| Term Start: | 1886 |
| Term End: | 1890 |
| Predecessor: | William Hurst |
| Successor: | Jackson Palmer |
| Term Start1: | 1893 |
| Term End1: | 1894 |
| Predecessor1: | Jackson Palmer |
| Successor1: | William Massey |
| Term Start2: | 1896 |
| Term End2: | 1902 |
| Predecessor2: | William Massey |
| Successor2: | Ewen Alison |
| Party: | Independent |
| Occupation: | Politician, businessman |
Richard Monk (1833 – 2 May 1912) was a Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
Richard Monk was born in Lancashire, England, and relocated to Hokianga with his parents at a young age. He was educated in California, US, and returned to New Zealand to work in the timber industry, setting up a joinery company named Messrs Monk and Morgan. Some time later Monk organised the Union Sash and Door Company which he remained with unil entering into politics in 1881.[1]
He died at his home in Woodhill on 2 May 1912, aged 80, and was interred at Symonds Street Cemetery.[1]
He represented the Waitemata electorate from the 1886 by-election after the death of William John Hurst to 1890 when he was defeated by Jackson Palmer; then from 1893 to 9 February 1894 when his election was declared void. He won the electorate again in 1896, and retired in 1902.[2]