Mary Victoria Gibson (28 October 1864 – 1 September 1929) was a New Zealand teacher and school principal. Born in Lyttelton in 1864 soon after her mother came to New Zealand, her father was Frederick Denhame Gibson, a port officer in Lyttelton, and her mother was Mary Fox Gibson (née Rodd). Mary Gibson received her education at a private school, followed by Christchurch Girls' High School and Canterbury College, from where she graduated in 1887 with a Bachelor of Arts, and a year later with a Master of Arts in English and Latin.