Arthur Percy Swallow (October 25, 1893 – January 28, 1985) was a farmer, farm implement dealer and political figure in

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. He represented

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from 1944 to 1956 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a

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(CCF) member. He was born in

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, the son of James B. Swallow, a native of

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, and moved with his family to a

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near

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in 1902. Swallow served overseas during

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. In 1922, he married Helen E. Ferguson. That same year, Swallow opened a hardware business in Willowbrook. Around 1925, he moved to

Theodore, Saskatchewan Theodore ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Insinger No. 275 and Census Division No. 9. Theodore is located on Saskatchewan Highway 16, the Yellowhead Highway, in southeas ...

, where he operated a hardware store and the local

Massey Ferguson Massey Ferguson Limited is an American agricultural machinery manufacturer. The company was established in 1953 through the merger of farm equipment makers Massey-Harris of Canada and the Ferguson Company of the United Kingdom. It was based in T ...

dealership. He later served as manager of the Yorkton Credit Union. Swallow died in

at the age of 91. Swallow Beach in Good Spirit Lake Provincial Park was named in his honour.

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Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MLAs 20th-century Canadian politicians 1893 births 1985 deaths {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub