James Fraser JP (c. 1760 – 14 October 1822) was a Scottish-born businessman, judge and political figure in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

[1] He was born in Farraline, Dores, the only son of Alexander Fraser and Miss Cameron.

[1] In Nova Scotia, he helped establish a business with fellow Scot, James Thom, catching and exporting salmon in the Miramichi region of New Brunswick in 1785 and also supplied goods to people who had settled in that area.

He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the New Brunswick Assembly in 1791 before being elected four years later, serving from 1795 to 1818.

[1] Through his eldest daughter, he was a grandfather of Eliza Amelia Gore (1829–1916), who married William Hay, 19th Earl of Erroll in 1848 and who served as Lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria for twenty-eight years.