James Fulton (New Zealand politician)

James Fulton (27 June 1830 – 20 November 1891) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand and a cricketer.

[2] On 22 September 1852, he married Catherine Valpy, a daughter of one of Dunedin's most prominent and prosperous families.

For many years he was resident magistrate at Outram, a small town west of Dunedin, before taking up farming.

[2] He was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council in 1891, from 22 January to 20 November when he died.

[7] He was appointed as one of seven new members (including Harry Atkinson himself) appointed to the Council by the outgoing fourth Atkinson Ministry; a move regarded by Liberals as a stacking of the upper house against the new government.