James Argue
| James Henthorne Argue | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Avondale | |
| In office 1899–1914 |
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| Born | June 2, 1848 Ireland |
| Died | March 4, 1927 (aged 78) Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Children | James O. Argue |
James Henthorne Argue (2 June 1848 – 4 March 1927[1]) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1899 to 1914, as a member of the Conservative Party.
Argue was born in Ireland, and received a grammar school education. He worked as a farmer after moving in Manitoba, and served for fifteen years as a local reeve and councillor. In religion, he was a member of the Church of England.
He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1899 provincial election, defeating Liberal incumbent Thomas Dickey by seventy-seven votes in the Avondale constituency.[2] The Conservatives won this election, and Argue served in the legislature as a government backbencher. He was re-elected in the campaigns of 1903,[3] 1907 and 1910, and did not seek re-election in 1914.
His son, James O. Argue, was a Progressive Conservative member of the legislature from 1945 to 1955.
[edit] References
- ^ "James Henthorne Argue (1848-1927)". Manitoba Historical Society. http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/argue_j.shtml.
- ^ "Statement of Votes Relevé des suffrages". Elections Manitoba. http://www.elections.mb.ca/pdf/2003_statvotes_history.pdf.
- ^ Canada Year Book. Statistics Canada. pp. 742. http://books.google.com/books?id=qOMJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA742&lpg=PA742&dq=%22james+argue%22+manitoba+avondale&source=web&ots=YtzV9xLZAa&sig=XVYdDxcjzZ0Ig7te5iF0IN1nvhU.
