John David Hill (born 3 December 1949), Australian politician, represented the electoral district of Kaurna in the South Australian House of Assembly for the Labor Party from 1997 to 2014.

He also studied at the University of Adelaide and received his law degree.

Following a brief stint as a ministerial adviser during the Bannon Government, Hill became a party official, becoming State Secretary in 1994.

After Labor won the 2002 election, Hill became a minister in the Rann Government.

[2][3] John Hill's political memoir, On Being a Minister – Behind the Mask, was published in February 2016.