Hugh Tinkham

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]

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 79) Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Political party	Liberal
Occupation	Real estate agent, businessman

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]