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	April 8, 1946 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 2015-06-28.
2. Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory (PDF). Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 216. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
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. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
6. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1984" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. 1984. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
7. "Hugh Tinkham real estate biography". Retrieved 2014-11-10.