Jim Lester is a Canadian politician who served as the Newfoundland and Labrador Member of the House of Assembly for Mount Pearl North from 2017 to 2021. Lester ran in the 2015 provincial election in Mount Pearl-Southlands, but lost to Liberal candidate Paul Lane. Following the resignation of Steve Kent in 2017, Lester won the PC nomination in Mount Pearl North and subsequently defeated Liberal Jim Burton. In 2018, Lester endorsed Ches Crosbie in the 2018 provincial PC leadership race. Lester's family owns and operates the agritourism venture Lester's Farm Inc.