John William Hair (1880 – March 18, 1941) was a Scottish-born politician in Saskatchewan, who served as mayor of Saskatoon from 1930 to 1931.
Hair worked for Saskatoon businessman John Clarence Drinkle as manager of Saskatoon's first automatic telephone system, and later as manager of the Great West Furniture Company.
He served as mayor till 1931 and was succeeded by Joseph Edwin Underwood.
[1][2] While attending a conference on unemployment in Winnipeg in summer 1930, Mayor Hair confidently declared that the situation in Saskatoon was "under control"; this evaluation was subsequently proven to be "terribly wrong".
[4] Hair died at the age of 61 on March 18, 1941, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.