Jerry Skinner

The Honourable Jerry Skinner MC
Skinner c. 1950
3rd Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
In office 12 December 1957 – 12 December 1960
Prime Minister	Walter Nash
Preceded by	Jack Marshall
Succeeded by	Jack Marshall
21st Minister of Agriculture
In office 12 December 1957 – 12 December 1960
Prime Minister	Walter Nash
Preceded by	Sidney Walter Smith
Succeeded by	William Gillespie
32nd Minister of Lands
In office 12 December 1957 – 12 December 1960
Prime Minister	Walter Nash
Preceded by	Geoff Gerard
Succeeded by	Geoff Gerard
In office 29 October 1943 – 13 December 1949
Prime Minister	Peter Fraser
Preceded by	Jim Barclay
Succeeded by	Ernest Corbett
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Buller
In office 27 November 1946 – 26 April 1962
Preceded by	Paddy Webb
Succeeded by	Bill Rowling
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Motueka
In office 15 October 1938 – 27 November 1946
Preceded by	Keith Holyoake
Personal details
Born	19 January 1900 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	26 April 1962(1962-04-26) (aged 62) Tākaka, New Zealand
Political party	Labour
Spouses	Julia Buckley Gray ​ ​ (m. 1924; died 1957)​ Lois Mehaffey ​ (m. 1958)​
Children	2
Awards	Military Cross
Military service
Allegiance	New Zealand Army
Years of service	1939–43
Rank	Major
Battles/wars	World 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.