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Apr 18, 1909 Mangaweka, Manawatu Wanganui Region, New Zealand Died on 11 Nov 1991 (aged 82)
New Zealand trade union leader, and rugby league administrator
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About Tom Skinner
- Sir Thomas Edward Skinner (18 April 1909 – 11 November 1991) was a New Zealand politician and Trades Union leader. Sir Tom served as President of the Auckland Trades Council from 1954 to 1976, and President of the New Zealand Federation of Labour from 1959 until 1979.
- Skinner was known as a conciliatory and accommodating political leader, and in the 1970s he was seen as the voice of unionism in New Zealand.
- He served on several international union forums, including a spell as a member of the body controlling the International Labour Organization.
- He was instrumental in founding the Shipping Corporation of New Zealand, and was knighted in 1976.
