About Waldo McTavish Skillings
Lived 1906 – 1981 (aged 75). Waldo McTavish Skillings was a Canadian politician.
Waldo McTavish Skillings (September 9, 1906 – November 6, 1981) was an insurance agent and political figure in British Columbia. After an unsuccessful run in the 1941 provincial election as a Conservative candidate, 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, 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, Trade and Commerce. 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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