John Inkster (1799 – June 30, 1874) was a Scottish-born merchant and politician in Manitoba.
[1] He was born in the Orkney Islands and came to Rupert's Land in 1819 as a stonemason employed by the Hudson's Bay Company.
Later, Inkster began farming and also operated as an independent merchant.
[1] He died at Kildonan, Manitoba, now part of Winnipeg, on June 30, 1874.
His eldest son George was the first white settler in what is now Inkster, North Dakota.