John Fernandez (Tamil: ஜொஹ்ன் பெர்னாண்டஸ்; 9 December 1941 – 26 December 2023) was a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Seremban from March 2008 to May 2013.
[1] He left DAP to protest the lack of Indian candidates nominated to contest in the 2013 general election.
He nominated himself as an independent candidate to defend the Seremban seat.
[2] He was defeated by Anthony Loke Siew Fook of his former party DAP and coalition PR by a minority of 45,407 votes after garnering only 221 votes and lost his election deposit after failing to garner 12.5% of the total votes cast.
[3][better source needed] Fernandez died on 26 December 2023, at the age of 82.