Kim Swan
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The Honourable H. Kim E. Swan JP, |
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| Former Member of Parliament | |
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Assumed office December 2007 to 17 December 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Dean Foggo (PLP) |
| Succeeded by | Nandi Davis (OBA) |
| Constituency | St. George's West |
| Majority | 17 (1.9%) |
| 10th Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 21 January 2008 – 16 May 2011 |
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| Premier | Paula Cox |
| Preceded by | Michael Dunkley |
| Succeeded by | John Barritt |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 October 1957 Bermuda |
| Nationality | Bermudian |
| Political party | United Bermuda Party |
| Residence | Bermuda |
| Alma mater | Troy University |
Hubert "Kim" E. Swan JP MP (born 4 October 1957) is a Bermudian professional golfer and politician, elected under the United Bermuda Party (UBP) who served as the Leader of the Opposition of Bermuda from 21 January 2008 until 16 May 2011.
Swan is the eldest son of working class parents, Hubert E. E. Swan (a career police officer) and Barbara Swan of Southampton. He spent a great deal of his formative years in the presence of his maternal grandparents John and Ivy Anderson; John a stonemason and fisherman and Ivy a devout member of Mount Zion AME Church, the eldest daughter of Irishman Isaac McKinley "Ike" Hall and Emily Burrows Hall from Southampton. Through his paternal grandfather, Swan is also 6th generation descendant of Charles Roach Ratteray (1799–1872), a renowned ship builder, entrepreneur and pioneer of the AME Church in Bermuda. Swan's paternal grandmother Ismay Agatha Swan came to Bermuda from St. Kitts at 15 to join her mother Emily Cardin Rose.
Swan attended Southampton Glebe, Berkeley Institute and Warwick Secondary Schools in Bermuda before receiving his tertiary education at Palm Beach Junior College (now Palm Beach State College) in Lake Worth, Florida and graduated with a bachelor of science degree from Troy University in Troy, Alabama in 1980.
Swan was taught the game of golf by his uncle, Herman Santucci Bascome, a former golf pro at Ocean View Golf Course in Bermuda, while growing up at the newly developed government-owned Port Royal Golf Course in the early 1970s. Swan was a member of the then Palm Beach Junior College golf team led by Ken Green, which finished 4th in the State Junior College Championship in 1978, before joining Troy State University golf team. Individually, he won medalist honours at the Northeast Louisiana University Invitational at Chenault Park Municipal Golf Course in Monroe, Louisiana. Swan played under legendary golf coach Mike Griffin at Troy. Swan lead the Troy team that placed 4th in 1979 NCAA Division II Golf Championship at El Macero Country Club in Davis, California and was named MVP for Troy University in 1979.
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