Novelle Richards

Novelle Richards
Member of the Legislative Council of Antigua
In office 20 December 1951 – 29 October 1960
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	George Sheppard
Constituency	St. John's Rural South
Member of the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation
In office 25 March 1958 – 31 May 1962 Served with Bradley Carrott
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
Constituency	Antigua
Personal details
Born	(1917-11-24)November 24, 1917
Died	1986 (1987)
Party	Antigua Labour Party
Other political affiliations	West Indies Federal Labour Party
Relations	Gaston Browne (grandson)

Novelle Hamilton Richards (24 November 1917 – 1986) was an Antigua Labour Party politician.

Richards worked as the editor of the The Workers' Voice newspaper from 1951 to 1958. He was elected as representative for St. John's Rural South in the 1951 general election and served until 1960. Richards was also a member of the Federal Parliament of the West Indies, being one of two representatives for the province of Antigua along with Bradley Carrott. He was also a cabinet minister in the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962. He was appointed as the President of Antigua Senate in 1967. He was then West Indies Association's commissioner to Canada from 1967 to 1972. Since 1972 he was director of Antigua department of tourism and trade in Canada, up until 1979 or later.

Richards was the lyrical composer of "Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee" and has a secondary school named after him in Tomlinson. He is the grandfather of prime minister Gaston Browne.