Robert Blatchford Swailes

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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.

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