John Payne (9 November 1860 – 14 January 1928) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
[1] He came to Queensland in 1882 where he worked as a shearer, and general bush worker and in 1885 opened a blacksmith and wheelwright business at Arrilalah, which lasted about a year.
[2] On 2 July 1892 Payne married Elizabeth Catherine Ahern[1] (died 1924)[3] and together had three sons and six daughters.
[1] He died at the Ingarfield Private Hospital in Brisbane in January 1928 and after a service at Corpus Christi Catholic Church at Nundah his body was shipped by train to Longreach for his burial.
[2] Having previously been an organiser for the Amalgamated Workers' Union, Payne, a member of the Labour Party, won the 1905 by-election for the seat of Mitchell,[4] to replace the previous member, Arthur Cooper who had returned to England.