| Bud Bird | |
| Term Start: | 1988 |
| Term End: | 1993 |
| Predecessor: | Robert Howie |
| Successor: | Andy Scott |
| Assembly2: | New Brunswick Legislative |
| Constituency Am2: | Fredericton-Silverwood |
| Term Start2: | 1978 |
| Term End2: | 1982 |
| Predecessor2: | George Everett Chalmers |
| Successor2: | Dave Clark |
| Office3: | Mayor of Fredericton |
| Term Start3: | 1969 |
| Term End3: | 1974 |
| Predecessor3: | William T. Walker |
| Successor3: | Elbridge Wilkins |
| Birth Name: | John Williston Bird |
| Birth Date: | 22 March 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Profession: | businessman |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick |
| Residence: | Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Riding: | Fredericton |
John Williston "Bud" Bird, (born March 22, 1932) is a Canadian businessman who is a former mayor of the city of Fredericton, a Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, and a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada member of the House of Commons of Canada.
In 1958, he founded J. W. Bird and Company Limited, suppliers to the construction industry. In 1975, he acquired William Stairs Son & Morrow Ltd. of Halifax, Nova Scotia, becoming Bird Stairs Limited. The business was sold to employees and today he operates Bird Holdings Ltd. And is majority shareholder of Sunpoke Energy Systems Ltd.
Bud Bird served as Mayor of Fredericton from 1969 to 1974. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1978 and served as in the government of Richard Hatfield as Minister of Natural Resources from November 21, 1978, until he resigned from the legislature on June 10, 1982.
Bird ran in the November 21, 1988 Federal election, winning a seat in the 34th Canadian Parliament for the Fredericton riding. He was defeated in the 1993 election.
A sport fisherman and conservationist, Bird is Chairman Emeritus of the Miramichi Salmon Association and has been a Director of both the Atlantic Salmon Federation of Canada and Atlantic Salmon Federation of the United States.
In 2001, Bird was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.