Merrill Denzil Rawding (May 8, 1905 – June 13, 2004) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Queens in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1945 to 1953. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.Born in 1905 at East Jordan, Nova Scotia, Rawding was the son of Thomas Melbourne and Sara Jane Whitman (Cameron) Rawding. He married Elizabeth Spurr. He entered provincial politics in the 1945 election, winning the Queens riding by 341 votes.