James McLaurin (23 July 1821 – 10 November 1891) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.
He was born at Dunoon in Argyllshire to farmer James McLaurin and Mary McGibbon.
He migrated to Sydney in 1838 and worked as a station manager at Singleton.
He went to the Victorian goldfields in 1852, and from 1859 to 1860 was an alderman at Albury.
[2] One of his sons, Gordon, was also a member of the Legislative Assembly for The Hume.