John Michael Cross (1 February 1859 – 12 April 1934) was a journalist and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

[1] After his time in parliament he continued as a journalist and Hansard reporter in Brisbane.

[1] He was a councillor of the Royal Society of St George and a member of the Esoteric Lodge of Masonry.

[1] On the 23 Aug 1884 he married Margaret Bell[1] (died 1905)[2] in Brisbane and together had two sons.

[3] At the 1893 Queensland colonial elections, Cross, for the Labour Party, defeated the sitting member, John Stevenson, for the seat of Clermont.