John MacFarlane (2 June 1829 – 7 March 1894) was a draper and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

After receiving his education at parish schools in Glasgow he arrived in Queensland aboard the Helenslee in 1862 and became a store keeper with Cribb & Foote in Ipswich.

[1] He married Margaret McKenzie (died 1900) and had four sons and two daughters.

MacFarlane died March 1894[1] and his funeral proceeded from his Denmark Hill[2] residence to the Ipswich General Cemetery.

Having abstained from alcohol all his life, he founded the Temperance movement in Ipswich and was a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites.