John Howard Tory is a Canadian businessman, political activist, leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party and former Member of Provincial Parliament. The fact that his last name is Tory, also the nickname for members of the Progressive Conservative party, is a co-incidence.

Tory is the son of John A. Tory, president of Thomson Investments Limited and a director of Rogers Communications. He grew up with two brothers who now live in Westmount, Quebec and London, England, and his sister Jennifer Tory . John H. Tory has been married to Barbara Hackett since 1978. The couple has four children .