Robert Evan Skelly was a Canadian politician from British Columbia.
14 Facts About Bob Skelly
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Bob Skelly was born 14 April 1943, at New Westminster, British Columbia.
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Bob Skelly had a daughter, Susan Kathleen Skelly, born 1973; and a son, Robert Mark William Skelly, born 1975.
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Bob Skelly served in the BC Legislature from 1972 to 1987.
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Bob Skelly began his career as MLA by making his maiden speech in the Legislature on recognizing aboriginal rights in British Columbia.
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Bob Skelly was opposed to uranium mining and worked with the Skagit Valley committee against using nuclear power in Canada.
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Bob Skelly opposed the river dam at Site C on the Peace River, and the diversion of the Fraser watershed into the Arctic Sea.
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Bob Skelly campaigned to have the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway continue its operation as promised by the Dominion government of 1871.
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Bob Skelly was elected leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party in 1984 and was Opposition Leader in the BC Legislature until 1987.
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In 1986, Bob Skelly resigned as NDP leader, and the following year, a party convention acclaimed Michael Harcourt as his successor.
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Bob Skelly became Aboriginal Affairs critic and was present during the Oka crisis.
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Bob Skelly ran for a second term but was defeated in the 1993 general election in which the New Democratic Party collapsed to nine seats.
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Bob Skelly served in Parliament at the same time as his brother Ray Bob Skelly.
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Bob Skelly died of Parkinson's disease on 6 August 2022, in Colwood, British Columbia.