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John Hill (Australian politician)

Australian politician (born 1949)

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Australian politician (born 1949)

Field	Value
name	John Hill
image	John David Hill at the September-October 2025 Graduation Ceremonies (University of South Australia).jpg
caption	Hill in 2025
office	7th Chancellor of the University of South Australia
term_start	May 2024
predecessor	Pauline Carr
constituency_MP2	Kaurna
parliament2	South Australian
term_start2	11 October 1997
term_end2	15 March 2014
predecessor2	Lorraine Rosenberg
successor2	Chris Picton
birth_date
birth_place	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
birthname	John David Hill
party	Labor
alma_mater
occupation	Politician

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.

Born in Sydney, Hill attended the University of Sydney and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. He moved to South Australia in 1974 and became a teacher. 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. He was elected to Parliament as member for Kaurna at the 1997 state election.

After Labor won the 2002 election, Hill became a minister in the Rann Government. Initially given the portfolios of Minister for Environment and Conservation, Minister for the River Murray, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts and Minister for Gambling, Hill gained his current portfolios after a number of cabinet reshuffles.

The 2006 election saw Hill gain a swing of 11.0% to a total margin of 22.0%.

Hill did not re-contest his seat at the 2014 election.

Hill is a member of the Ministers' Club at EPODE International Network – the world's largest obesity-prevention network.

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

References

Hill opening the [[Museums Australia]] 2012 Conference at the [[University of Adelaide

References

(15 January 2013). "Senior Ministers to quit State Parliament". ABC News.
"Archived copy".
"Speakers | Epode".
John Hill: ''On Being a Minister – Behind the Mask'' [[Wakefield Press (Australia). Wakefield Press]], Adelaide, 2016. {{ISBN. 9781743053973

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