John Gaddis Tipton (January 27, 1849 – October 9, 1914) was a Canadian and American politician, lawyer, and coal miner.

Tipton was born in Fairview, Illinois January 27, 1849.

He studied at Hedding College in Abingdon, and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1874.

He was admitted to the Law Society of Alberta in 1904, and also founded a real estate and insurance firm, Tipton & Sons Investment Company.

He did not seek re-election at the term's conclusion in December 1913, and died less than a year later, on October 9, 1914, of liver cancer.