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♂ George Hugh Tinkham
aliasHugh Tinkham
Record
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Baptist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 0 3
Birth 8 April 1946
Age 78 years
First mandate 2 April 1974 → 50 years + 25 days ago
↳ at age 27 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 39 years + 5 months ago (5 November 1984)
Special notes
None
 

No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 10 7 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ J. Fraser Mooney  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ George A. Snow  m 
 
Eligible: 15,843 Votes: 24,822 Participation: 78.34% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8557(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
27
LIB
 2/6 7,068 57.38% +2,768 Loser:
PC
 4,300 34.91% George A. Snow

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 16,799 Votes: 25,948 Participation: 77.23% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4838(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
32
LIB
 2/6 7,339 56.72% +2,950 Loser:
PC
 4,389 33.92% Dorothy M. Crosby

Service: 3 years 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,125 Votes: 5,346 Participation: 87.28% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1579(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
LIB
 1/3 2,872 53.97% +780 Loser:
PC
 2,092 39.32% Peter J. Boudreau

Service: 3 years 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 6,425 Votes: 5,537 Participation: 86.18% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1527(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
38		 Successor:
PC
 2,894 52.51% Neil J. LeBlanc

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Tinkham, George Hugh (p. 216)		 08 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Hugh Tinkham		 08 Apr 2024

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