John Dane (7 January 1810[1] – 30 April 1882) was a British army officer and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council and later, the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
[1] Dane junior retired from the British army with rank of captain in the 53rd Regiment.
[2] Dane arrived in Melbourne in August 1851 and was appointed assistant gold commissioner at Bendigo in December 1851.
He resigned the following February and returned to Melbourne, purchasing land in Boroondara in 1853.
In 1853 he was elected to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council for South Bourke, Evelyn and Mornington, a seat he held until resigning in November 1854.