James Thomson (c.1797 – 23 March 1859) was a pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.
[1] Thomson arrived in Hobart in January 1823 and the Port Phillip District around 1840.
[1] On 14 June 1853 Thomson was elected to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council for Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth.
[2] Thomson held this position until resigning in February 1854.
[1] Thomson died near Port Fairy, Victoria on 23 March 1859, he had married Elizabeth Glen Boynton in 1856.