John Barter Bennett (c.1824 – 19 May 1887) was a lawyer and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.
[1] Bennett arrived in the Melbourne in 1842 and was admitted attorney to the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the Port Phillip District.
[1] Bennett represented the Southern Province in the inaugural Victorian Legislative Council from November 1856 to May 1863.
[2] Bennett later lived at 28 Stanhope Gardens, South Kensington, England, and died in London on 19 May 1887.
[1] He was married to Kate and had two daughters; he left his estate of £43,000 to his family.