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Robert Swailes
Robert Swailes
Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
	In office; 1933–1937
Preceded by	John Walter Berry
Succeeded by	Leonard Alec Shepherd
Constituency	Delta
Personal details
Born	Robert Blatchford Swailes; February 26, 1896; Leeds, England
Died	June 6, 1968 (aged 72); Vancouver, British Columbia
Political party	CCF
Spouse	Sophie Strobel
Residence	Aldergrove, British Columbia
Occupation	farmer

Robert Blatchford Swailes (February 26, 1896 – June 6, 1968) was a politician in British Columbia. He represented Delta in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.^[1]

A farmer from the Aldergrove area, Swailes was elected as a CCF member in 1933.^[1] When Reverend Robert Connell was expelled from the CCF in 1936 and formed the Social Constructive Party, Swailes also left the CCF and joined the new party.^[2] Swailes was defeated in 1937 and retired from politics.^[1]

He died in Vancouver at the age of 72 in 1968.^[3]

His brother Donovan served as a member of the Manitoba legislature.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Webster, Daisy (1970). Growth of the N.D.P. in B.C., 1900-1970: 81 political biographies.
^ Howard, Irene (2011). The Struggle for Social Justice in British Columbia: Helena Gutteridge, the Unknown Reformer. UBC Press. pp. 183–4. ISBN 978-0774842877. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
^ "Vital Event Death Registration". BC Archives. Retrieved 2011-12-02.

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[webster-1] Webster, Daisy (1970). Growth of the N.D.P. in B.C., 1900-1970: 81 political biographies.

[2] Howard, Irene (2011). The Struggle for Social Justice in British Columbia: Helena Gutteridge, the Unknown Reformer. UBC Press. pp. 183–4. ISBN 978-0774842877. Retrieved 2013-06-13.

[death-3] "Vital Event Death Registration". BC Archives. Retrieved 2011-12-02.

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