James Edward Poulton (1905-date of death unknown), was a Transavval Colony born, Fijian lawn bowls international who competed in the 1950 British Empire Games.

[1] At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the pairs event with Leslie Brown.

[2][3][4][5] His family moved to Suva in Fiji when James was a child.

In 1931, he married Gladys Palmer in the same place.