John Sangster Macfarlane (1818 – 2 February 1880) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.
He then represented the Waitemata electorate from 1876 to 1879, when he was defeated.
[1] He was born in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland and arrived in Auckland via Sydney.
He died in Auckland on 2 February 1880 from cancer of the stomach.
[2][3][4] Two or three years before his death he lost a bet that a "prominent politician" would soon be in Mt Eden (gaol) and Swanson kept and showed but did not cash the cheque for £80 he received from Macfarlane.