James Paul Lister (born 6 April 1976) is an Australian politician. He has been the Liberal National Party member for Southern Downs in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2017.^[1]

James Lister MP
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Southern Downs
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 November 2017
Preceded by	Lawrence Springborg
Personal details
Born	(1976-04-06) 6 April 1976 (age 48) Benowa, Queensland, Australia
Political party	Liberal National
Alma mater	Queensland University of Technology
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Branch/service	Royal Australian Air Force
Years of service	2000–2017
Rank	Squadron leader

Lister was born in Benowa, Queensland, and holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from the Queensland University of Technology. He served in the Royal Australian Air Force from 2000 to 2017, during which time he was aide-de-camp to Michael Jeffrey, 24th Governor-General of Australia, in 2004 and Dame Quentin Bryce, 24th Governor of Queensland, from 2007 to 2008.^[2]