Hugh Tinkham

Hugh Tinkham
MLA for Yarmouth County (1974-1981) Argyle (1981-1984)
Preceded by	George A. Snow
Succeeded by	Neil LeBlanc
Personal details
Born	(1946-04-08) April 8, 1946 (age 78) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Political party	Liberal
Occupation	Real estate agent, businessman

George Hugh Tinkham (born April 8, 1946) is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Yarmouth County, and Argyle in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1974 to 1984. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]

Career

Born in 1946 at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia,[2] Tinkham entered provincial politics in the 1974 election, winning the dual-member Yarmouth County riding with fellow Liberal Fraser Mooney.[3] He was re-elected along with Mooney in the 1978 election.[4] In the 1981 election, Tinkham was re-elected in the new Argyle riding.[5] He did not seek re-election in 1984.[6] Following his political career, Tinkham worked as a real estate agent.[7]

References

1. "Electoral History for Yarmouth" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
2. Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 216. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
3. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1974" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1974. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
4. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1978" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1978. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
5. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1981" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
6. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1984" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1984. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
7. "Hugh Tinkham real estate biography". Retrieved 2014-11-10.