James Finlayson (1823 – 17 February 1903) was a British Liberal Party politician.
Finlayson was elected as the member of parliament (MP) for East Renfrewshire in the 1885 general election, but did not stand again at the 1886 election.[1]
Finlayson died at the age of 80.
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