James Edward Poulton (1905-date of death unknown), was a Transavval Colony born, Fijian lawn bowls international who competed in the 1950 British Empire Games.
At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the pairs event with Leslie Brown.
His family moved to Suva in Fiji when James was a child. In 1931, he married Gladys Palmer in the same place.