John Sutherland (New South Wales politician)

John Sutherland (16 February 1816 – 23 June 1889) was a builder and politician in colonial New South Wales.

In 1873 with Sir Henry Parkes he took up 3,760 acres of mineral leases near Jamberoo and held another 408 under conditional purchase but failed to mine coal there.

[3] Having been very successful as a builder, he was elected an alderman of the Sydney City Council for Phillip Ward on 30 April 1857 until 30 November 1868 and again on 1 December 1871 until July 1872.

[2] At the 1880 election he chose to contest the new district of Redfern,[9] before resigning in December 1881,[10] when he was appointed to the Legislative Council.

From the 1860s he was a Vice-President of the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts and a member of the Benevolent Society of New South Wales.