James William Carmichael

James William Carmichael (December 16, 1819 – May 1, 1903) was a Nova Scotia businessman and political figure.

He represented Pictou in the House of Commons of Canada as an Anti-Confederate and then a Liberal from 1867 to 1872 and from 1874 to 1878.

He was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, in 1819, the son of James Carmichael, the town's founder, and attended Pictou Academy.

He was also involved in coal mining, the timber trade, a tannery and an iron foundry.

He was reelected in 1874 and was named to the Senate in 1898, resigning shortly before his death in New Glasgow in 1903.