John Daniel FitzGerald (11 June 1862 – 4 July 1922) was a politician, union official, journalist and barrister in New South Wales, Australia.

[2] In 1891 FitzGerald stood for Legislative Assembly as a Labor candidate for the 4 member district of West Sydney.

[4] He was on the steering committee of 5 which led Labor at the time, along with George Black, Joseph Cook, Thomas Houghton and William Sharp.

The fiscal question of free trade or tariff protection was the basis of the division between the parties and Labour was divided as to which was in the best interests of its members.

George Reid, the leader of the Free Trade party moved a censure motion against the Dibbs government.

FitzGerald was called to the New South Wales Bar in 1900 and was elected a Sydney City Councillor for the Belmore Ward on 7 December 1900, serving until 9 August 1904.

On 26 May 1892 Fitzgerald married Octavie Camille Clara Ernestine Roche at Chelsea in England and they had one daughter, Maria.