John Carnegie (Peterborough County politician)

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John Carnegie (April 23, 1837 – January 10, 1910) was a Conservative politician in Ontario. He represented Peterborough West in the Legislative Assembly from 1867 to 1871 and again from 1883 to 1886.

He was born in Douro, Upper Canada, the son of a Scottish immigrant, and was educated in Peterborough and Brantford. Carnegie served on the Douro council from 1859 to 1866 and was reeve from 1864 to 1866. He was secretary and treasurer of the Peterborough County agricultural society.

Carnegie married Eleanor Hilliard in 1858 and later Frances Snyder. He owned and edited the Peterboro Review and the Canada Lumberman, and was a director of the Ontario Mutual Assurance Company. He was defeated for the Peterborough West seat in 1871 by Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn. His son, John Hilliard Carnegie, also later served in the provincial assembly. Carnegie died in 1910 in Guelph, Ontario.