James Henry Vaughan (May 9, 1934 – June 8, 1996) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Halifax North and Halifax Chebucto in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1963 to 1970. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia. Vaughan was born in 1934 at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He was educated at Saint Mary's University, and was a surveyor by career. He married Shirley Juanita Fox in 1954. Vaughan died of cancer on June 8, 1996 in Halifax.