Argue, James Henthorne

1848 - 1927  (78 years)

• Name	Argue, James Henthorne  [1]
  Born	2 Jun 1848	Cavan, Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farmer  [1]
  Died	4 Mar 1927	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada   [1]
  	Ocean View Cemetery
  Person ID	I17787	Sullivan Burgess Family Tree | The History of Alexander V Laughlen
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family	Shorey, Margaret Emma Jane,   b. 8 Oct 1858, Violet, Lennox, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Apr 1938, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Married	1 Dec 1885	Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
  Witness	John L. and Isabella Shorey of Harvey
  Children	+ 1. Argue, Oswald James,   b. 12 Sep 1886, Elgin, Manitoba, Canada  [natural] + 2. Argue, Maimie Eleanor,   b. 5 Nov 1894, Elgin, Manitoba, Canada  [natural]
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2018
  Family ID	F6218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Jun 1848 - Cavan, Ireland Married - 1 Dec 1885 - Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Died - 4 Mar 1927 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Buried - - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Argue, James H

  
  

  Family Crest

  Argue Family Crest

  
  

• Notes

  Won in the riding of Avondale 4 times: Tenth General Election, December 7 1899, Eleventh General Election July 20 1903, Twelfth General Election March 7 1907, Thirteenth General Election July 11 1910. James Henthorne Argue 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S424] The Works of M. E. Laughlin and E. R. Laughlin, 1955 2nd Edition, Mary Elizabeth Bowyer Laughlin and Edgerton Ross Laughlin.