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

  1. ^ a b c 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.
  3. ^ "Vital Event Death Registration". BC Archives. Retrieved 2011-12-02.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Swailes
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