James Harold Pead OBE (3 April 1924 – 15 November 2009) was an Australian politician. He was an independent member of the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly from 1975 to 1982. He served as the first President of the House from 1975 to 1979. Previously he had served on the ACT Advisory Council from 1954 to 1974, acting as President from 1964. After retiring from politics in 1982 Pead moved to Queensland, where he died in 2009.