James Argue, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Argue

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 02-Jun-1848

Place of Birth: Ireland

Date of Death: 04-Mar-1927

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac 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 Avondale 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.