James Douglas Prentice (February 3, 1861[1] – October 26, 1911[2]) was a Scottish-born rancher and political figure in British Columbia.
He was employed for a time by the Canadian Bank of Commerce, but then settled in the Lillooet area where he became a rancher.
[1] Prentice became a local representative for the Western Canadian Ranching Company, working as a partner with Thomas Galpin (1828-1910), a retired publisher in England who was a co-founder of the Cassell publishing house.
In 1894, Prentice stood for election to Legislative Assembly of British Columbia: he was successful but the result was overturned after an appeal and Prentice lost the subsequent by-election to David Alexander Stoddart.
[1] Their son, also called James Douglas Prentice had a distinguished career in the Royal Canadian Navy.