James Corson Lees (11 August 1912 – 8 June 2001) was a pathologist and Scottish nationalist politician.
[1] He studied at Trinity Academy and the University of Edinburgh qualifying as a medical doctor.
[3] Much of his research was conducted with his brother Thomas W. Lees, a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh.
[1] He became active in the Scottish National Party (SNP), working closely with James Braid and Ian Macdonald to build up branches around the country.
He stood unsuccessfully for the party in the 1963 Dundee West by-election, and then in Kirkcaldy Burghs at the 1964, 1966 and 1970 general elections.