John Allan
Member of Provincial Parliament
In office November 18, 1914 – September 23, 1919
Constituency	Hamilton West
Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario
In office 1913–1914
Personal details
Born	(1856-05-22)May 22, 1856 Guelph, Canada West
Died	July 31, 1922(1922-07-31) (aged 66) Hamilton, Ontario
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Catherine Euler ​ (m. 1881)​
Occupation	Politician

John Allan (May 22, 1856 – July 31, 1922) was a Canadian politician. Allan was the Member of Provincial Parliament for the seat of Hamilton West from 1914 to 1919.

He was born in Guelph, Canada West, the son of James Allan, a Scottish immigrant. He apprenticed as a builder in Hamilton and worked in the western United States from 1874 to 1879, when he moved to New York City. In 1881, he married Catherine Euler. He retired from construction in 1906 and returned to Hamilton. He served on the city council and was mayor for two years. Allan was elected to the provincial assembly in a 1914 by-election held after John Strathearn Hendrie was named Lieutenant-Governor for Ontario.

He died in Hamilton on July 31, 1922.^[1]

• Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1915, EJ Chambers

• John Allan – Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history
• Charlesworth, Hector, ed. (1919). A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography. Toronto: Hunter-Rose. pp. 98–99.