George Hugh Tinkham (born April 8, 1946) is a Canadian politician. He represented the
electoral districts of
Yarmouth County
Yarmouth County is a rural county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It has both traditional Anglo- Scottish and Acadian French culture as well as significant inland wilderness areas, including over 365 lakes and several major rivers. It c ...
, and
Argyle in the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1974 to 1984. He was a member of the
Nova Scotia Liberal Party
The Nova Scotia Liberal Party is a centrist provincial political party in Nova Scotia, Canada and the provincial section of the Liberal Party of Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition in Nova Scotia, under the leadership of Zach ...
.
Career
Born in 1946 at
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Yarmouth is a town in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. A port town, industries include fishing, and tourism. It is the terminus of a ferry service to Bar Harbor, Maine, run by Bay Ferries.
History
Originally inhabited by the Mi'kmaq, the regi ...
,
Tinkham entered provincial politics in the
1974 election, winning the dual-member Yarmouth County riding with fellow Liberal
Fraser Mooney
Joseph Fraser Mooney (February 24, 1927 – January 5, 2006) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1970 to 1984. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
...
. He was re-elected along with Mooney in the
1978 election. In the
1981 election, Tinkham was re-elected in the new Argyle riding. He did not seek re-election in
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
. Following his political career, Tinkham worked as a real estate agent.
References
1946 births
Living people
Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
Politicians from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
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