Education
He was educated at the University of King"s College and the University of Toronto, and was a business executive.
He was educated at the University of King"s College and the University of Toronto, and was a business executive.
He represented the electoral district of Yarmouth in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1956 to 1960. Spinney was born in 1886 at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. 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.
He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.