James Malcolm, PC (July 14, 1880 – December 6, 1935) was a Canadian politician who was the Member of Parliament for Bruce North from 1921 to 1935 and served as Minister of Trade and Commerce from 1926 to 1930.

[1] In 1905 at the age of 16, Malcolm married Ethel A. Swan whom he lived with in Kincardine.

Malcolm's father owned and operated a furniture company in Kincardine, Ontario.

Malcolm was the first Canadian to make a public address by Trans-Atlantic telephone in 1928, delivering a speech to the British Empire Exhibition in Cardiff, Wales from Ottawa.

The building still stands today as a retirement residence and bares the name 'Malcolm Place' in his honour.