John Trotter (died 28 July 1954) was an Australian businessman who worked for Burns Philp in Tonga and Fiji for over 30 years.
[1][2] The following year he went to France to fight in World War I, returning to Tonga in 1918 to become manager of the Haʻapai branch of Burns Philp.
[1] In 1933 Trotter moved to Levuka in Fiji, before relocating to Suva three years later, where he became general manager of Burns Philp in the territory.
[1] In 1938 he was appointed to the Legislative Council to replace John Maynard Hedstrom,[3] remaining a member for six years.
[1] Trotter retired from Burns Philp in June 1953 and moved to New Zealand.