John Swete Cummins (c. 1811 – 1862) was a municipal politician and writer in 19th-century Canada.
The son of Nicholas Marshall Cummins and Martha Swete, he was born in Cork and came to Canada in November 1836 as an agent of Lord Mount Cashel who owned land in Upper Canada near Delaware and on Amherst Island.
Cummins served as chair of the Midland District council in 1844 and 1845.
[1][2] His novel Altham: A tale of the sea was published in instalments in Barker's Canadian Monthly Magazine but the magazine ceased publication before the final instalment.
[1] Jane Catherine Cummins, believed to be his daughter, was an artist.