John Newell (30 November 1849 – 29 July 1932) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Newell immigrated to Queensland arriving in Brisbane in 1872 aboard the Gauntlet.

He moved to Cooktown in 1875 but was back in a year later where he worked for a mercantile company.

[1] In 1877 he was back in North Queensland, this time in Smithfield, working as a store manager.

On 21 January 1885 he married Janet Jack[1] (died 1947)[4] at Watsonville and together had two sons and two daughters.