John Paterson (8 December 1831 – 9 August 1871) was a Scottish-born Australian politician in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
[2] James Garland had served alongside William Macleay in the two member constituency of Lachlan and Lower Darling in the first New South Wales parliament from 1856 to 1858.
Nominations for the seat of Lachlan and Lower Darling closed on 25 January 1858.
[3] However, the nominators were unable to muster the six persons required to call for a poll and Paterson and Macleay were elected unopposed.
Paterson married Emily Susan Barton in 1861 at Molong and together they had four children, two daughters and two sons.