Age, Biography and Wiki
Mel Swart was born on 25 June, 1919 in London, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian politician. Discover Mel Swart's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?
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87 years old |
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Cancer |
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25 June 1919 |
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25 June |
| Birthplace |
London, Ontario, Canada |
| Date of death |
27 February, 2007 |
| Died Place |
Thorold, Ontario, Canada |
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Canada
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Mel Swart Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Mel Swart Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Mel Swart worth at the age of 87 years old? Mel Swart’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. He is from Canada. We have estimated Mel Swart's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Melvin Leroy Swart (June 25, 1919 – February 27, 2007) was a Canadian politician in Ontario.
He served as an alderman in Thorold from 1948 to 1950, and was deputy reeve from 1951 to 1954 and reeve from 1955 to 1965.
He was defeated in Welland as a candidate of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in a 1950 by-election, and in the general elections of 1953, 1957 and 1958.
He became a warden for Welland County in 1961, and was president of the Association of Ontario Mayors and Reeves in 1961–62.
He ran again for the federal New Democratic Party in the 1962 election, and was again defeated.
On all five occasions, he finished third against his Progressive Conservative and Liberal opponents.
His provincial career was initially no more successful.
He challenged Progressive Conservative incumbent Ellis Morningstar for the Welland provincial constituency in the 1967 election, but lost by 260 votes.
He later served temporarily as its part-time executive director around 1970.
Swart campaigned for the House of Commons of Canada five times, but was never successful.
He ran again in the 1971 election, and lost by a greater margin.
He had left the municipal council to concentrate on provincial politics, and stayed out of council until 1972, when he ran for Regional Councillor of Niagara Region and was elected, elected again in 1974.
He served a two-year term as president of the New Democratic Party of Ontario beginning in 1974.
He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a New Democratic MPP from 1975 to 1988.
Swart was born in London, Ontario.
he went to school at Smithville Secondary School, and worked as a foreman.
Morningstar retired at the 1975 election, and Swart was able to defeat his successor, Allan Pietz, by 1,115 votes.
He defeated Pietz again for the newly created riding of Welland—Thorold in the 1977 election, and won by much greater margins in the elections of 1981, 1985 and 1987.
Swart had been the leading advocate of public auto insurance in Ontario in the 1980s and was especially critical of the Rae government's decision to go back on its promise to introduce the program.
Despite having nominated Rae at the 1982 Ontario NDP leadership convention, Swart became highly critical of Rae's leadership in government, and blamed the Premier for falling NDP membership and financial contributions in the early 1990s.
He retired in 1988, and was replaced in the legislature by Peter Kormos, also of the NDP.
Two years after his retirement, the NDP won a majority government under Bob Rae.
In 1994, Swart publicly called on Rae to resign as NDP leader.
The Mel Swart Lake Gibson Conservation Area is in Thorold, Ontario.
Swart was considered a political mentor to Peter Kormos who inherited both his predecessor's seat in the legislature and his strong advocacy of public auto insurance.
