James Laidlaw (July 7, 1822 – March 3, 1905) was a Canadian farmer and politician.
He represented Wellington South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1879 to 1886.
He was born in Roxburghshire, Scotland in 1822 and came to Guelph, Upper Canada with his family in 1831.
Laidlaw served as manager for the Government farm and Agriculture College at Guelph in 1875.
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