James Aiken (July 22, 1888 – November 4, 1974) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
[1] Aiken was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of Alexander Aiken and Jane Anderson Don, and was educated at Gordon's College in the city.
He served with his party on the opposition benches until 1940, when the CCF entered the province's wartime coalition government.
He ran for re-election in the 1941 election, but lost to David Best, a Conservative who opposed the coalition,[1] by 74 votes.
After leaving politics, Aikens became an inspector in the Manitoba Department of Labor.