Jerry Skinner

Jerry Skinner
Skinner c. 1950
3rd Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
In office
12 December 1957 – 12 December 1960
Prime MinisterWalter Nash
Preceded byJack Marshall
Succeeded byJack Marshall
21st Minister of Agriculture
In office
12 December 1957 – 12 December 1960
Prime MinisterWalter Nash
Preceded bySidney Walter Smith
Succeeded byWilliam Gillespie
32nd Minister of Lands
In office
12 December 1957 – 12 December 1960
Prime MinisterWalter Nash
Preceded byGeoff Gerard
Succeeded byGeoff Gerard
In office
29 October 1943 – 13 December 1949
Prime MinisterPeter Fraser
Preceded byJim Barclay
Succeeded byErnest Corbett
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Buller
In office
27 November 1946 – 26 April 1962
Preceded byPaddy Webb
Succeeded byBill Rowling
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Motueka
In office
15 October 1938 – 27 November 1946
Preceded byKeith Holyoake
Personal details
Born19 January 1900
Melbourne, Colony of Victoria
Died26 April 1962(1962-04-26) (aged 62)
Tākaka, Tasman, New Zealand
Political partyLabour
Spouses
Julia Buckley Gray
(m. 1924; died 1957)
Lois Mehaffey
(m. 1958)
Children2
AwardsMilitary Cross
Military service
AllegianceNew Zealand Army
Years of service1939–43
Rank Major
Battles/warsWorld War II

Clarence Farrington Skinner MC (19 January 1900 – 26 April 1962), commonly known as Jerry or Gerry Skinner, was a Labour politician from New Zealand, the third deputy prime minister of New Zealand between 1957 and 1960, and a minister from 1943 to 1949 and 1957 to 1960 in the First and Second Labour governments.