Johan Emiel Scheffer (born February 7, 1948) is a former member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Labor Party.

He was originally elected to the Legislative Council on the 30 November 2002 for Monash Province, becoming only the second Labor member to represent that electorate since its creation in 1937.

When Monash Province was abolished in 2006, he was successful in winning one of the five seats in the newly created Eastern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council.

'Background Johan Scheffer was born in Batavia (now Jakarta) in the Dutch East Indies (now modern day Indonesia) on February 7, 1948.

In 1988 he was appointed State Manager of the Out of Schools Hours Child Care Program within the Victorian Department of Labour during which time he was an active member of the Community and Public Sector Union Victoria.