John Manchester Allen (3 August 1901 – 28 November 1941) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

His father, John Candlish Allen, died in France in 1917 from wounds received in the First World War.

[2] Following the outbreak of the Second World War, he volunteered to serve with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force and was posted to 18th Battalion as its second-in-command.

[1] He was succeeded in the Hauraki electorate by Andy Sutherland, who won the resulting 1942 by-election.

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