John McGregor Carter QSO (born 8 May 1950) is a New Zealand politician, and member of the National Party.

Since the October 2013 local elections, he served as mayor of the Far North District for 9 years until his retirement from politics in 2022.

Carter was sacked as whip in 1995, after he phoned into a talkback radio show, hosted by fellow National MP John Banks, impersonating a work-shy Māori called Hone, causing widespread offence.

[7] He left Parliament in July 2011,[3] but his departure did not result in a by-election, as the vacancy occurred within six months of the next general election.

In October 2021, Carter expressed opposition to the Sixth Labour Government's Three Waters reform programme, describing it as a "mistake.

In March 1994 he publicly disavowed Prime Minister Jim Bolger's call for a New Zealand republic.