| Honorific-Prefix: | Commissioner |
| James Smith | |
| Office1: | Member of the Yukon Territorial Council |
| Term Start1: | 1958 |
| Term End1: | 1961 |
| Predecessor1: | Jack Hulland |
| Successor1: | John Watt |
| Constituency1: | Whitehorse West |
| Office2: | Commissioner of Yukon |
| Term Start2: | November 7, 1966 |
| Term End2: | July 1, 1976 |
| Predecessor2: | Gordon Robertson Cameron |
| Successor2: | Arthur MacDonald Pearson |
| Primeminister2: | Lester B. Pearson Pierre Trudeau |
| Birth Date: | 31 December 1919 |
| Birth Place: | Revelstoke, British Columbia |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Profession: | businessman |
James M. Smith (December 31, 1919 – April 14, 2017) was the longest serving commissioner of Yukon from November 7, 1966 to June 30, 1976.[2] During his tenure, he was instrumental in the creation of Kluane National Park and Reserve and the designation of the Chilkoot Trail as a National Historic Site of Canada. He was also responsible for creating the Arctic Winter Games along with Northwest Territories commissioner Stuart Hodgson and Alaska governor Walter Joseph Hickel.[3] He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1976.[4]