John Creighton (August 19, 1817 – January 31, 1885) was an Irish-born publisher, politician and prison official in Ontario, Canada.
[1] The son of Hugh Creighton and Mary Young, he was born near Clandeboye, County Down and came to Kingston with his family in 1823.
Creighton was educated at the Midland District Grammar School.
In 1866, he was named police magistrate and, in 1870, acting warden for the Kingston Penitentiary.
[2] From 1859 to 1862, he represented Victoria ward on Kingston city council.