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♂ James H. Argue
aliasJames H. Argue
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 4 0 4
Birth 2 June 1848 → 175 years + 10 months ago
Lived 78 years + 9 months
First mandate 7 December 1899 → 124 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 51 years + 6 months
Death 4 March 1927 → 97 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 7 months after 9 July 1914
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ James O. Argue (1888–1955) Son  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 14 6 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas Dickie  m 
 		 ⊖ W. Henry B. Hill  m 
 
Eligible: 1,384 Votes: 1,101 Participation: 79.55% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Manitoba
7 December 1899
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36691(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
51
CONS
 1/2 589 53.50% +77 Loser:
LIB
 512 46.50% Thomas Dickie

Service: 3 years 7 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,245 Votes: 1,076 Participation: 86.43% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
11		 Manitoba
20 July 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36847(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
CONS
 1/2 641 59.57% +206 Loser:
LIB
 435 40.43% Cornelius W. Miller

Service: 3 years 7 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,445 Votes: 1,041 Participation: 72.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
12		 Manitoba
7 March 1907
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36893(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
CONS
 1/2 590 56.68% +139 Loser:
LIB
 451 43.32% W. Henry B. Hill

Service: 3 years 4 months 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,544 Votes: 1,334 Participation: 86.40% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
13		 Manitoba
11 July 1910
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36942(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
CONS
 1/2 708 53.07% +82 Loser:
LIB
 626 46.93% J. Medill

Service: 3 years 11 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,453 Votes: 10,714 Participation: 86.04% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
14		 Manitoba
10 July 1914
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 37031(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
66		 Successor:
LIB
 5,812 54.25% William L. Parrish

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Argue, James		 26 Jul 2023
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Argue, James		 26 Jul 2023
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
James Henthorne Argue (1848-1927)		 26 Jul 2023
EN Wikipedia
James Argue		 26 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Jul 2023 14:46 (but data presented dynamically)

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