John Lewis (January 17, 1858 – May 18, 1935) was a Canadian author and journalist who was, variously, editor of the Toronto Daily Star and the Toronto Globe and served in the Senate of Canada for the last ten years of his life. Lewis covered stories as far ranging as the North-West Rebellion, the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria and numerous election campaigns. In 1925, Mackenzie King, now Prime Minister, appointed Lewis to the Senate where he sat as a Liberal representative until his death. His books include The Life of George Brown and the political history Canada and its Provinces.