John Burpee Mills, KC (July 24, 1850 – December 28, 1913) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

[1] Born in Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia,[1] the son of John Mills and Jane McCormick,[2] Mills received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1871 and a Master of Arts degree in 1877 from Acadia College.

He also attended Harvard Law School and was called to the Bar of Nova Scotia in 1875.

Miller began the practice of law in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia and later practised in Vancouver.

[1] Mills was married twice: first to Bessie B. Corbitt in 1878 and then to Agnes K. Rose in 1896.