death_place death_date predecessor birth_place successor party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation
montreal , quebec 2 august 1972 william h. brown raymond z. bourque yarmouth , nova scotia george a. burridge nova scotia liberal party mla for yarmouth 10 august 1886 1956 eric spinney
 1960 eric h. spinney business executive
eric spinney

eric harvey spinney -lrb- august 10 , 1886 -- august 2 , 1972 -rrb- was a canadian politician .
he represented the electoral district of yarmouth in the nova scotia house of assembly from 1956 to 1960 .
he was a member of the nova scotia liberal party .
spinney was born in 1886 at yarmouth , nova scotia .
he was educated at the university of king 's college and the university of toronto , and was a business executive .
he married flora macgregor harding in 1920 , and then eunice mae milberry in 1943 .
spinney served as mayor of yarmouth from 1938 to 1944 , and 1946 to 1950 .
spinney entered provincial politics in the 1956 election , winning a seat for the dual-member yarmouth riding with liberal willard o'brien .
he was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1960 , losing to o'brien and progressive conservative candidate george a. burridge .
spinney died at montreal on august 2 , 1972 .
