James Gladstone Edwards QSM JP (24 February 1927 – 5 April 2010) was a member of parliament for Napier, in the North Island of New Zealand.
He attended Napier Boys' High School before going to Victoria University where he graduated with a Master of Arts.
[5] Alongside Bill Rowling, he was the only younger member of the caucus who supported Nordmeyer when he was challenged, successfully, for the leadership by Norman Kirk in 1965.
[8] He was expelled from the Labour Party the following year for having publicly claimed that militant unionists were putting pressure on representation committees.
According to Edwards he was expelled without trial and had not been invited to meet with executive before he received a letter informing him that his membership had been terminated.