John Gunion Rutherford CMG (December 25, 1857 – July 24, 1923) was a Canadian veterinarian, civil servant, and politician.

Born in Mountain Cross, Newlands Parish, Peeblesshire, Scotland, the son of Rev.

During the North-West Rebellion in 1885, Rutherford served with the Winnipeg Field Battery as a Veterinary Surgeon, and was present at the engagements of Fish Creek and Batoche, for which he received the medal and clasp.

He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in an 1897 by-election for the electoral district of Macdonald.

In 1912, he was appointed Superintendent of Agriculture and Animal Industry for the Canadian Pacific Railway.