Norris J. Nelson (January 31, 1905 – April 3, 1995) was an American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1939 to 1943.

Norwegian actress Asta Bertels was mentioned in the testimony, Nelson relating that he brought her from Norway the same month, April 1946, that he separated from his wife and that he was acting as her agent in furthering a Hollywood career; she signed a contract with showgirl impresario Earl Carroll.

Superior Judge William J. Palmer granted the divorce to Mrs. Nelson, calling the broken marriage "a wartime casualty.

[8] Nelson ran for the Los Angeles City Council District 2 seat in 1937 against the incumbent, James M. Hyde, and was defeated in a close vote, 9,161 to 8,981.

In that year Hyde was said to be the victim of a "purge" of the City Council directed by Mayor Fletcher Bowron.

Nelson joined Council Member Arthur E. Briggs in 1939 in proposing a combined city-county government with a borough system for Los Angeles.

In 1941 Nelson proposed a law stating that dog owners "must not allow their pets to commit nuisances upon sidewalks, lawns, in public buildings, conveyances, apartment houses, beaches, and the like."

Nelson advocated an ordinance that would outlaw the wearing of zoot suits within the city on the grounds that the high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers favored by young Hispanic men in 1943 had become a "public nuisance.