James Dupré Lance (28 January 1829 – 28 March 1897) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Canterbury, New Zealand.
Lance was born in Boulogne, France.
[1] He contested the 1866 election for the superintendency of the Canterbury Provincial Council against William Sefton Moorhouse representing the runholders; he came a distant second.
[1] On 12 July 1865, Lance was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council.
[3] He contested the Ashley electorate in the 1890 election and was defeated by Richard Meredith.