Rick Woodford (1948–2006) was a former Newfoundland and Labrador MHA and cabinet minister.

Woodford served ten years as mayor of Cormack, also serving as a director for the Newfoundland Federation of Municipalities.^[1] He had been MHA for Humber Valley for 18 years, and became minister of forest resources and agrifoods in the Liberal government of Roger Grimes. He sat as a Progressive Conservative from 1985 to 1996, until running as a Liberal in 1996.^[2] He underwent surgery for a brain tumour in 2001 and retired in 2003^[3] due to the pain and side effects associated with follow-on treatments.^[2]

He died in April 2006 in a canoeing incident, along with his female companion. The bodies were found on April 16 in Birchy Lake, near Cormack.^[3]