James Miller Balfour

James Miller Balfour (30 January 1874 – 31 July 1943) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Melbourne to butcher James Miller Balfour and Jane Laing Petrie. He attended Melbourne Technical College and in 1887 became a public servant. On 11 November 1913 he married Katrine Elizabeth Alice Murray, with whom he had three children. From 1921 to 1922 he was secretary of the British Australian Wool Realisation Association, and from 1925 to 1936 chairman of the Victorian Dried Fruits Board. He served on Brighton City Council from 1930 to 1931. From 1931 he was a farmer at Willow Grove. In 1936 he won a by-election for Gippsland Province in the Victorian Legislative Council, representing the Country Party. He held the seat until his death at Warragul in 1943. His son Jim also served in the Victorian Parliament.^[1]

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