{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{for|the British lawyer, academic and army officer|John Muirhead (lawyer)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
'''John Muirhead''' (July 11, 1877 – 1954) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1936.<ref name="members">{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html#M0 |title=MLA Biographies - Deceased |work=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330155427/http://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html |archivedate=2014-03-30 }}</ref>
Muirhead was born in Clinton, Ontario and was educated at public schools. He worked as a farmer, and served as a school trustee and municipal assessor. In 1906, Muirhead married Lucy E. Dunfield.<ref name="Manitoba Historical Society">{{cite web |url=https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/muirhead_j.shtml |title=John Muirhead (1877-1954) |work=Memorable Manitobans |publisher=Manitoba Historical Society |accessdate=2013-02-01}}</ref>
He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1922 provincial election as a candidate of the United Farmers of Manitoba (UFM), defeating Conservative incumbent Reuben Waugh<ref name="members"/> by 137 votes in the Norfolk constituency. The UFM unexpectedly won a majority of seats in this election, and formed government as the Progressive Party. Muirhead served as a backbench supporter of John Bracken's government throughout his time in the legislature.
He was returned in the 1927 election, defeating Waugh<ref name="members"/> by thirty-four votes in a rematch from the 1922 contest. He defeated Waugh a third time in the 1932 election,<ref name="members"/> by 236 votes.
He was defeated in the 1936 election, losing to Conservative John Lawrie<ref name="members"/> by eighty-two votes. He sought a return to the legislature in the 1941 election, but lost to Lawrie<ref name="members"/> by forty-four votes.
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