James Argue

James Argue (June 2, 1853–after 1914) 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. [cite web
url=http://www.elections.mb.ca/pdf/2003_statvotes_history.pdf
title=Statement of Votes Relevé des suffrages
publisher=Elections Manitoba] The Conservatives won this election, and Argue served in the legislature as a government backbencher. He was re-elected in the campaigns of 1903, [cite web
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qOMJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA742&lpg=PA742&dq=%22james+argue%22+manitoba+avondale&source=web&ots=YtzV9xLZAa&sig=XVYdDxcjzZ0Ig7te5iF0IN1nvhU
title=Canada Year Book
publisher=Statistics Canada
pages=742]
1907 and 1910, and did not seek re-election in 1914.

His son, James O. Argue, was a Progressive Conservative member of the legislature from 1945 to 1955.

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