John Bryden (December 3, 1833 – March 27, 1915) was a Scottish-born businessman and political figure in British Columbia, Canada.
He was born in Dalzellyie, Kirkoswald, the son of John Brydan and Ann Cooper.
In 1866, he married Elizabeth Hamilton, the daughter of Robert Dunsmuir who was a superintendent for the mine.
He was president of the Albion Iron Works, treasurer for the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway and vice-president for the Union Colliery of British Columbia.
Bryden launched a legal challenge against the use of Chinese workers underground by the Union Colliery, with the intent of having the legality of the act reviewed: this resulted in the act being struck down since it was found that it interfered with federal powers.