| James William Baskin | |
| Constituency Mp: | Renfrew South |
| Parliament: | Canadian |
| Predecessor: | James Joseph McCann |
| Successor: | John James Greene |
| Term Start: | June 10, 1957 |
| Term End: | April 7, 1963 |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Norwood, Ontario |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation: | businessman, lumberman |
James William Baskin (January 4, 1920 – January 8, 1999) was a Canadian politician, businessman and lumberman. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party to represent the riding of Renfrew South in the 1957 federal election. He was re-elected in 1958 and 1962.
The son of James Robert Baskin and Ethel Gill, he was educated in Norwood. In 1940, he married Gladys L. Scott. Baskin operated a wholesale lumber business in Renfrew.[1]
He lost in the elections of 1963, 1965 and 1968, the latter in which he was a candidate for the riding of Lanark and Renfrew. Prior to his federal political experience, he served in World War II in the Royal Canadian Air Force for five years.