James Henthorne Argue (1848-1927)

Farmer, MLA (1900-1903), MLA (1903-1907), MLA (1908-1910), MLA (1911-1914).

Born in Ireland on 2 June 1848, son of Robert and Rebecca Argue, he was educated at Cavan grammar school. He commenced farming in Ontario in 1875 and came to Manitoba in 1882. In 1885, he married Emma L. Shorey of Peterborough, Ontario. They had one daughter and one son: James Oswald Argue. He served as Reeve of the Rural Municipality of Whitewater (1897-1900), and a member of the Manitoba Legislature for Avondale from 1899 to 1914. He was a member of the AF & AM and LOL. He retired to Vancouver, BC where he died on 4 March 1927. He was buried in Oceanview Cemetery in Surrey, BC.

Sources:

Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, 1911. C. W. Parker, editor. Canadian Press Association, Vancouver.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (deceased), Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.

Death registration, BC Vital Statistics.

“James Argue, Formerly of Elgin, Dies in Vancouver” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 March 1927, page 2.

We thank Jim Argue, a great-grandson of J. H. Argue, for additional information used in this profile.

Profile revised: 6 October 2009

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