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♂ Robert Blatchford Swailes
aliasRobert Swailes
Record
59752 · 8577

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 1 2
Birth 26 February 1896 → 128 years + 2 months ago
Lived 72 years + 3 months
First mandate 1 November 1933 → 90 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 8 months
Death 6 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 6 days after 31 May 1937
Special notes
None
 

Robert Blatchford Swailes (1896–1968)
No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Donovan Swailes (1892–1984) Brother  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 3 6 28 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
4 documented challengers
⊖ John W. Berry  m 
⊖ Alexander M. Paterson  m 
 		 ⊖ Arthur Laing  m 
⊖ Leonard A. Shepherd  m 
 
Eligible: 9,716 Votes: 7,184 Participation: 73.94% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29398(F) — 23 Jul 2023 23:09 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
37
CFF
 1/6 2,631 36.95% +538 Loser:
LIB
 2,093 29.40% Alexander M. Paterson
After his election:
1 Aug 1936 40
CFF
 →
BCSC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,584 Votes: 9,842 Participation: 72.45% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 British Columbia
1 June 1937
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29437(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
41
BCSC
 4/4 583 6.02% -2,609 Winner:
CFF
 3,192 32.93% Leonard A. Shepherd

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Robert Blatchford Swailes		 27 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Robert Swailes		 27 Apr 2024

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