Waldo McTavish Skillings, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada
About Waldo McTavish Skillings
- Waldo McTavish Skillings (September 9, 1906 – November 6, 1981) was an insurance agent and political figure in British Columbia.
- He represented Victoria City from 1960 to 1966 and Victoria from 1966 to 1972 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Social Credit member. He was born in Port Elgin, Ontario, the son of Waldo Skillings and Margaret McTavish, and was educated at Victoria College and the Victoria normal school.
- In 1937, Skillings married Helen Bowden Harris.
- He was an agent for Great West Life.
- Skillings served as an alderman for the city of Victoria.
- He was government whip and also served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Industrial Development.
- He was defeated when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1972.He died in 1981 of heart failure.
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