John Rafferty (July 3, 1953 – June 30, 2019) was a Canadian politician, who served as the Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay—Rainy River from 2008 to 2015 for the NDP.
Provincially, he lost to incumbent MPP Bill Mauro by a margin of just 50 votes in 2007.
He worked as a radio broadcaster for CKPR in Thunder Bay before leaving to pursue his first election campaign.
He subsequently launched his own business producing voiceovers for educational and training videos.
Rafferty introduced one piece of legislation: the National Strategy for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Act.