Ray Swart
Ray Albert Francis Swart was a South African politician. 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.
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. After the founding of the Progressive Federal Party, he became the party chairman.
