Gerrit Radstaak

Gerrit Joseph Radstaak
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
May 23, 1967 – August 30, 1971
Preceded by New District
Succeeded by District Abolished
Constituency Strathcona South
Personal details
Born (1914-09-04)September 4, 1914
Winterswijk, the Netherlands[1]
Died May 1, 1996(1996-05-01) (aged 81)[2]
Political party Social Credit
Occupation politician

Gerrit Joseph Radstaak (September 4, 1914 – May 1, 1996) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.

Political career

Radstaak ran for a seat in the 1967 Alberta general election as the Social Credit candidate in the new electoral district of Strathcona South. He faced a hotly contested race running against star Progressive Conservative candidate Oscar Kruger who played for the Edmonton Eskimos and two other candidates. Radstaak picked up the new seat for his party winning about 40% of the popular vote.[3]

Strathcona South was abolished in the 1971 boundary redistribution. Radstaak ran for re-election in the new electoral district of Edmonton-Avonmore in the election held that year. He was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Horst Schmid in a very closely contested race finishing second.[4]

Radstaak attempted to regain a seat to the assembly in the 1975 Alberta general election. He faced Scmid for the second time but was defeated in a landslide finishing a very distant second.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Normandin, P.G.; Normandin, A.L. (1971). Guide parlementaire canadien. P.G. Normandin. ISSN 0315-6168. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Gerrit Joseph Radstaak – Alberta Hansard" (PDF). 2 May 1996. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Strathcona South results 1967". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Edmonton-Avonmore results 1971". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Edmonton-Avonmore results 1975". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
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