Ray Swart

Ray Albert Francis Swart (born 28 February 1928 in Bethlehem, Free State) was a South African politician.[1] He received his education in Durban, where he graduated as a lawyer. At a very early age he became interested in politics and was initially a supporter of the United Party, for which in 1953 he was elected Member of Parliament for Zululand.[2][3]

Walter Stanford, Harry Lawrence, Boris Wilson, Jan Steytler, Helen Suzman, Colin Eglin, Owen Williams, Ray Swart, Clive van Ryneveld, John Cope, Zach de Beer and Ronald Butcher in 1960.

With the founding of the Progressive Party in 1959, he became the new party's leader in Natal, although he lost his seat in the 1961 election. He was not one of the seven MPs elected to the party in 1974, but returned after the 1977 election as LV for Musgrave in Durban.[4] After the founding of the Progressive Federal Party, he became the party chairman.[5]

References

Lee, Robin (1990). Values Alive: A Tribute to Helen Suzman. J. Ball Publishers. ISBN 978-0-947464-23-3.
Service, British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring (1986). Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa.
Kock, Wessel De (1986). Usuthu! Cry Peace!: The Black Liberation Movement Inkatha and the Fight for a Just South Africa. Open Hand Press. ISBN 978-0-620-10445-6.
Mzala (1988). Gatsha Buthelezi: Chief with a Double Agenda. Zed Books.
Grundy, Kenneth W.; Grundy, Kenneth William (1 January 1983). Soldiers Without Politics: Blacks in the South African Armed Forces. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-04710-5.

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[1] Lee, Robin (1990). Values Alive: A Tribute to Helen Suzman. J. Ball Publishers. ISBN 978-0-947464-23-3.

[2] Service, British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring (1986). Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa.

[3] Kock, Wessel De (1986). Usuthu! Cry Peace!: The Black Liberation Movement Inkatha and the Fight for a Just South Africa. Open Hand Press. ISBN 978-0-620-10445-6.

[4] Mzala (1988). Gatsha Buthelezi: Chief with a Double Agenda. Zed Books.

[5] Grundy, Kenneth W.; Grundy, Kenneth William (1 January 1983). Soldiers Without Politics: Blacks in the South African Armed Forces. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-04710-5.