Robert Swailes | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
Predecessor: | John Walter Berry |
Successor: | Leonard Alec Shepherd |
Term Start: | 1933 |
Term End: | 1937 |
Constituency: | Delta |
Birth Name: | Robert Blatchford Swailes |
Birth Date: | 26 February 1896 |
Birth Place: | Leeds, England |
Death Place: | Vancouver, British Columbia |
Spouse: | Sophie Strobel |
Party: | CCF |
Occupation: | farmer |
Residence: | Aldergrove, British Columbia |
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.
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.