Carole Alison James (born December 22, 1957) is a Canadian politician and former public administrator.
She has been the MLA for the Victoria-Beacon Hill electoral district since 2005.
She is the former Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia and former leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (NDP), a social democratic political party.
She announced her intention to resign as leader on December 6, 2010 and was officially replaced by interim leader Dawn Black on January 20, 2011.James currently serves as the 14th Deputy Premier of British Columbia and Minister of Finance under John Horgan.