Bill Cleator was a Republican, although city positions are officially nonpartisan per California state law.
12 Facts About Bill Cleator
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Bill Cleator was a successful industrialist, retiring as CEO of Tool Research Inc in 1977.
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Bill Cleator then started Cleator Furniture, a custom office furniture manufacturing business in San Diego, with his nephew, Robert K Cleator Jr.
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In 1979 Bill Cleator was elected to the San Diego City Council representing district 2.
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Bill Cleator served for six years, from 1979 to 1986.
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When Mayor Pete Wilson was elected to the US Senate, Bill Cleator served as acting mayor of San Diego from January to May 1983.
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Bill Cleator ran for mayor in 1983 in the special election to replace Wilson, but was defeated.
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Bill Cleator ran again for mayor in 1986 and was defeated in the primary election.
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Bill Cleator decided not to run for a third term on the city council.
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Bill Cleator helped start the San Diego Cruise Industry Consortium in the 1980s, which attracted cruise ships to call at a new downtown cruise ship terminal.
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Bill Cleator died of cancer in 1993 at his home in the Point Loma neighborhood of San Diego.
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Bill Cleator is buried with his wife, Marilyn, at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.