John Wilson Candler (February 10, 1828 – March 16, 1903) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on February 10, 1828. He attended the and Dummer Academies. He then became a merchant, engaged in shipping and commerce with the East and West Indies and South America. He served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He was chairman of the commissioners of prisons of Massachusetts, and president of the Boston Board of Trade and of the Commercial Club of Boston.