James John McDonald (born 29 May 1967) is an Australian politician. He has been the Liberal National Party member for Lockyer in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2017. He was a Councillor for the Gatton Shire Council from 1997-2000, then going on to serve as Deputy Mayor from 2000-2001. From 2001-2004 he served as Mayor of the Gatton Shire Council. Then after the merge between the Shire of Gatton and Shire of Laidley he served as a Councillor for the Lockyer Valley Regional Council between 2008-2017. More on Mr McDonald can be found on the Qld Parliament Page.^[1]