Hugh Tinkham | |
Birth Date: | 8 April 1946 |
Birth Place: | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
Office: | MLA for Yarmouth County (1974-1981) Argyle (1981-1984) |
Predecessor: | George A. Snow |
Successor: | Neil LeBlanc |
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]
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]