John Ruddell

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = John Henry Ruddell

| image = JohnHenryRuddell.jpg

| birth_date = 1859

| birth_place = Halton County, Canada West

| death_date = {{death date|1906|04|17}}

| death_place =

| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Morden

| term_start = 1900

| term_end = 1906

| successor = George Ashdown

}}

John Henry Ruddell (1859 – April 17, 1906) was a harness maker, realtor and political figure in Manitoba. He represented Morden from 1900 to 1906 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative.

He was born in Halton County, Canada West, the son of George Ruddell and Christina Stewart, and came to Manitoba in the early 1880s to establish a harness-making business in Nelson. Ruddell later moved to Morden, where he established a real estate firm. He also served as mayor of Morden.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IyZ389DiOlgC&pg=PA217 |title=Dictionary of Manitoba Biography |page=217 |last=Bumsted |first=B M |year=1999 |ISBN=0887551696 |publisher=University of Manitoba Press |accessdate=2012-11-11}}

The town of Ruddell, Saskatchewan may have been named after him.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zpNjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XXoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3382,3797530 |title=How Ruddell got its name still a two-pronged mystery |newspaper=Star-Phoenix |date=January 30, 1978 |page=7 |accessdate=2012-11-11}}