James Henthorne Argue was a politician in Manitoba

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, Canada

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. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

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 from 1899 to 1914, as a member of the Conservative Party

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

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Argue was born in Ireland

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, 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

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He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1899 provincial election

Manitoba general election, 1899

This was the tenth Manitoba general election and was held on December 7, 1899....

, defeating Liberal

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 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

Manitoba general election, 1903

Manitoba's general election of July 20, 1903 was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.The result was a second consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party of Manitoba, now led by Premier Rodmond Palen Roblin...

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1907

Manitoba general election, 1907

Manitoba's general election of March 7, 1907 was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.The result was a third consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party of Manitoba, led by premier Rodmond Palen Roblin...

 and 1910

Manitoba general election, 1910

Manitoba's general election of July 11, 1910 was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada.The result was a fourth consecutive majority government for the Conservative Party of Manitoba, led by premier Rodmond Palen Roblin. Roblin's electoral machine won...

, and did not seek re-election in 1914.

His son, James O. Argue

James O. Argue

James Oswald Argue was a politician in the Canadian province of Manitoba. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Progressive Conservative from 1945 until his death ten years later. Argue's father, James H. Argue, was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly from 1898 to...

, was a Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba

The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...

member of the legislature from 1945 to 1955.