Robert Blatchford Swailes

Robert Blatchford Swailes (ca 1896 – June 6, 1968[1]) was a politician in British Columbia. He represented Delta in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.[2]

A farmer from the Aldergrove area, Swailes was elected as a CCF member in 1933.[2] 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.[3] Swailes refused nomination in 1937 and retired from politics.[2]

He died in Vancouver at the age of 72.[1]

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vital Event Death Registration". BC Archives. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Webster, Daisy (1970). Growth of the N.D.P. in B.C., 1900-1970: 81 political biographies.
  3. ↑ Howard, Irene (2011). The Struggle for Social Justice in British Columbia: Helena Gutteridge, the Unknown Reformer. UBC Press. pp. 183–4. ISBN 0774842873. Retrieved 2013-06-13.