John Travers (3 May 1867 – 23 August 1928) was an Australian politician. He represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Flinders from 1906 to 1910 and from 1912 to 1918. Travers was born at Rice's Creek at Auburn, South Australia. He later moved to the Pekina area with his family, where he was a farmer for many years. He was a District Council of Orroroo councillor for the Pekina Ward from 1902 to 1905, and was appointed a justice of the peace in 1902. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Flinders at the 1905 election.