James Argue
Canadian politician
Died when: 78 years 275 days (945 months)Star Sign: Gemini
James Henthorne Argue (2 June 1848 – 4 March 1927) 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 constituency.The Conservatives won this election, and Argue served in the legislature as a government backbencher.
He was re-elected in the campaigns of 1903,1907 and 1910, and did not seek re-election in 1914.He later moved to Vancouver, where he died in 1927.
His son, James O.Argue, was a Progressive Conservative member of the legislature from 1945 to 1955.
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