Waldo McTavish Skillings

Waldo McTavish Skillings
MLA for Victoria City | Victoria
In office
1960–1972
Personal details
Born(1906-09-09)September 9, 1906
Port Elgin, Ontario
DiedNovember 6, 1981(1981-11-06) (aged 75)
Victoria, British Columbia
Political partyBritish Columbia Social Credit Party

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,[1] 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.[1] Skillings served as an alderman for the city of Victoria.[2] He was government whip[3] and also served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Industrial Development, Trade and Commerce.[4] He was defeated when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1972.[5]

He died in 1981 of heart failure.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b Normandin, P G (1965). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1965.
  2. ^ Waldo Skillings fonds. British Columbia Archival Information Network. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
  3. ^ "The Good Old Days? W. A. C. Bennett and the Legislative Assembly". Canadian Parliamentary Review. 6 (1). 1983. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
  4. ^ "Anderson admits an uphill battle". Vancouver Sun. July 19, 1972. p. 7. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
  5. ^ "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  6. ^ "Registration of Death". Archived from the original on 2015-06-10.
  7. ^ "Nation loses Canadians devoted to cause Of unity". The StarPhoenix. Saskatoon. December 29, 1981. p. 33. Retrieved 2012-01-01.