Stuart James (born 24 September 1978) is an Australian politician.
He was elected as a Councillor to the City of Monash in October 2016 and was elected as Deputy Mayor shortly after.
He is married with three daughters.
Stuart is a member of the Australian Labor Party.
Stuart is Chair of the Eastern Transport Coalition, a group consisting of Melbourne's seven eastern metropolitan local governments that advocate for sustainable and integrated transport services that reduce car dependency..
He sits on the Executive of the Metropolitan Transport Forum, a group of 26 Metropolitan Councils, as well as the Public Transport Users Association Committee.
On November 11th 2019 he was elected Mayor for the 2019-20 year.