John Richard Jones (died 4 May 1911) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.
Jones was the eldest son of Johnny Jones, a ship owner from Sydney and one of the earliest pioneers in Otago, where he bought a whaling station near Waikouaiti in 1838. On 23 October 1855, Jones Jr. married Mary Orbell, the fourth daughter of John Orbell of Hawkesbury.[1]
Jones represented the Hampden electorate from 1862 to 1863, when he resigned. He died on 4 May 1911.