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'''James Oswald Argue''' (September 12, 1888<ref name="members"/> in [[Elgin, Manitoba]]<ref name="mhs"/> – 1955<ref name="riley"/>) was a politician in the [[Provinces of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Manitoba]]. He served in the [[Legislative Assembly of Manitoba]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative]] from 1945 until his death ten years later.<ref name="members">{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/mla_bio_deceased.html |title=MLA Biographies - Deceased at Legislative Assembly of Manitoba}}</ref> Argue's father, [[James H. Argue]], was also a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from 1898 to 1914.<ref name="mhs"/> |
'''James Oswald Argue''' (September 12, 1888<ref name="members"/> in [[Elgin, Manitoba]]<ref name="mhs"/> – 1955<ref name="riley"/>) was a politician in the [[Provinces of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Manitoba]]. He served in the [[Legislative Assembly of Manitoba]] as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba|Progressive Conservative]] from 1945 until his death ten years later.<ref name="members">{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/mla_bio_deceased.html |title=MLA Biographies - Deceased at Legislative Assembly of Manitoba}}</ref> Argue's father, [[James H. Argue]], was also a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from 1898 to 1914.<ref name="mhs"/> |
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Revision as of 04:45, 20 January 2023
James Oswald Argue (September 12, 1888[1] in Elgin, Manitoba[2] – 1955[3]) 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.[1] Argue's father, James H. Argue, was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly from 1898 to 1914.[2]
Argue was educated at Wesley College, Winnipeg. He worked as a farmer at Elgin, Manitoba and was active in freemasonry. He was married twice: first to Christina Yuill in 1911[2] and then to Josephine Riley in 1943.[3]
He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1945 provincial election, winning by acclamation in the Deloraine constituency[1] after his only opponent withdrew from the race. He was again returned by acclamation in the 1949 election, for the redistributed riding of Deloraine-Glenwood.[1]
From 1940 to 1950, Manitoba was governed by an alliance of Liberal-Progressives and Progressive Conservatives. When the Progressive Conservatives left the coalition in 1950, Argue chose to sit as an independent Progressive Conservative.[1]
He later rejoined the Progressive Conservative Party,[1] and defeated Liberal-Progressive R.E. Moffat by 268 votes in the 1953 provincial election. He was still a member of the legislature when he died two years later.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "MLA Biographies - Deceased at Legislative Assembly of Manitoba".
- ^ a b c "Manitoba Historical Society biography".
- ^ a b "The Riley family fonds". University of Manitoba.