Mel Swart
| Mel Swart | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1977–1988 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Peter Kormos |
| Constituency | Welland—Thorold |
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In office 1975–1977 |
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| Preceded by | Ellis Morningstar |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Welland |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 25, 1919 London, Ontario |
| Died | February 27, 2007 (aged 87) Thorold, Ontario |
| Political party | New Democratic |
Melvin Leroy Swart (June 25, 1919 – February 27, 2007) was a Canadian politician in Ontario. 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. 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 became a warden for Welland County in 1961, and was president of the Association of Ontario Mayors and Reeves in 1961-62. 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 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 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.
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