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.
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 |
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.
He later moved to Vancouver, where he died in 1927.[1]
His son, James O. Argue, was a Progressive Conservative member of the legislature from 1945 to 1955.
References
edit- ^ a b "James Henthorne Argue (1848-1927)". Manitoba Historical Society.
- ^ "Statement of Votes Relevé des suffrages" (PDF). Elections Manitoba. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-03-01.
- ^ Canada Year Book. Statistics Canada. p. 742.