| Walter Richard Szwender | |
| Birth Date: | 20 October 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| Constituency: | Edmonton-Belmont |
| Term Start: | 1982 |
| Term End: | 1986 |
| Predecessor: | William Mack |
| Successor: | Tom Sigurdson |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
Walter Richard Szwender is a former provincial level politician and teacher from Alberta, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1982 until 1986.[1]
Szwender ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature and was elected to the electoral district of Edmonton-Belmont in the 1982 Alberta general election. He held the seat for the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.[2]
He ran for a second term in office in the 1986 Alberta general election but was defeated in a closely contested race by the New Democrat candidate, Tom Sigurdson. Szwender finished second out of six candidates.[3]
Szwender faced Sigurdson again three years later in the 1989 election in an attempt to retake Edmonton-Belmont and he was once again defeated, this time by a larger margin.[4]
He attempted another come back to the Alberta Legislature by running in the 2004 provincial election in Edmonton Decore as a last-minute replacement after it was revealed that the nominated candidate, Ray Haja,r was a convicted criminal, and had years of unpaid alimony. Swzender ran against the incumbent MLA, Gary Masyk. Both Masyk and Swender were defeated by the Liberal candidate, Bill Bonko.[5]
Szwender is a high school teacher.