High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Darcy Coombs (born 29 July 1959) is an Australian politician and former Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Coombs represented the electorate of Swansea from 2007 to his defeat at the New South Wales state election, 2011. Coombs is the son of Max and Clare Coombs and has one brother (Darryl) and two sisters (Loretta and Merylin). He attended Swansea High School.