Anne Swarbrick

Anne Swarbrick
Ontario MPP
In office 1990–1995
Preceded by	Richard Johnston
Succeeded by	Jim Brown
Constituency	Scarborough West
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 64–65) Richvale, Ontario (now Richmond Hill, Ontario)
Political party	New Democrat
Residence	Burlington, Ontario
Occupation	Civil servant, Non-profit executive

Anne Swarbrick (born c. 1952) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995 who represented the Toronto riding of Scarborough West. She served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae.

Swarbrick was born in Richvale, a small village north of Toronto, now part of Richmond Hill, Ontario. She went to school at Northview Heights Secondary School and later attended York University but dropped out after a year. She started working for the federal immigration department eventually becoming a special investigator and adjudicator. She became an executive assistant with the Public Service Alliance of Canada and eventually became president. She was active as a volunteer director for such organizations as the Yellow Brick House (a shelter for battered women), Oxfam-Ontario, and Amnesty International.

In the 1987 provincial election, she ran as the NDP candidate in the riding of Markham, finishing third against Progressive Conservative Don Cousens and Liberal Gail Newall.

In the 1990 provincial election, she ran to succeed veteran NDP member Richard Johnston in the riding of Scarborough West. The NDP won a majority government and Swarbrick won over half the votes by a margin of 7,626 over her closest opponent. On 1 October 1990, she was named a minister without portfolio responsible for Women's Issues.

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