Cliff Skeggs

Sir Clifford George Skeggs JP (born 19 March 1931) is a New Zealand businessman from Dunedin, and was Mayor of Dunedin from 1977 to 1989.

Skeggs c. 1980

Biography

Early life

Skeggs was born in Bluff, and was educated at Bluff School and Southland Technical College.

Business career

He was involved in the fishing industry from 1953, and developed the Skeggs Group of which he was the chairman and chief executive into what was the largest private inshore fishing fleet in New Zealand with investments including shipping, aviation (Pacifica Air) and property.

Political career

He was on the Dunedin City Council and Otago Harbour Board, and later was chairman of the port company Port Otago. He was Mayor of Dunedin from 1977 to 1989.

Personal life

He married Marie Ledgerwood in 1951, they have three sons. He lives in Dunedin. He was made a Knight Bachelor in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours.[1]

Notes
  1. London Gazette (supplement), No. 50950, 12 June 1987. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
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References
  • Lambert, Max (1991). Who’s Who in New Zealand (12th ed.). Reed, Auckland. p. 583. ISBN 0 7900 01306.
Political offices
Preceded by
Jim Barnes		 Mayor of Dunedin
1977–1989		 Succeeded by
Richard Walls
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