James Ross (6 September 1814 – 23 January 1874) was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.He was born in Fearn, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland, son of Alexander Ross and Christian Ross (maiden surname also Ross) and emigrated to Quebec City in approximately 1829. In the 1830s, he worked in a mercantile house in Quebec and was captain of a ship trading to the West Indies.