Robert Blatchford Swailes (February 26, 1896 – June 6, 1968) was a politician in

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. He represented

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in the

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. A farmer from the Aldergrove area, Swailes was elected as a CCF member in 1933. 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. Swailes was defeated in 1937 and retired from politics. He died in

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at the age of 72 in 1968. His brother

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served as a member of the Manitoba legislature.

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1896 births 1968 deaths Politicians from Leeds English emigrants to Canada British Columbia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia {{NDP-BritishColumbia-MLA-stub