John Baxter (born November 1939, died 11 March 2020) was a former solicitor and unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Born in Coleraine, Baxter studied at Trinity College Dublin, where he was secretary of Trinity Week, then Queen's University Belfast and Tulane University in New Orleans, before returning to Coleraine to work as a solicitor. In 1969, he was President of Coleraine Chamber of Commerce, and from 1970 to 1972, he lectured at the New University of Ulster.