James Henry McKinley (June 17, 1877[1] – August 25, 1954[2]) was a politician in Alberta, Canada and a municipal councillor in Edmonton.

He was born in Lanark County, Ontario on June 17, 1877 to William Henry McKinley and Jessie Burns.

He was elected to Edmonton City Council in the municipal election that same year, finishing fourth of thirteen candidates in the race for alderman and winning a two-year term.

He was re-elected to a one-year term in the 1910 election, when he finished fifth of eleven candidates, but resigned in 1911 to protest the firing of two city commissioners.

He ran in the ensuing by-election, but was defeated in a two person race by Thomas Bellamy.