Gerrit Joseph Radstaak | |
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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 | Winterswijk, the Netherlands [1] | September 4, 1914
Died | May 1, 1996[2] | (aged 81)
Political party | Social Credit |
Occupation | politician |
Gerrit Joseph Radstaak (September 4, 1914 – May 1, 1996) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit Party.
Radstaak first ran for a seat in the 1967 Alberta general election as the Social Credit candidate in the new electoral district of Strathcona South. He defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Oscar Kruger, a former player for the Edmonton Eskimos, and two other candidates with 40% of the popular vote. [3]
Strathcona South was abolished in the 1971 boundary redistribution, and 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. [4]
Radstaak ran again in the 1975 general election and was again defeated by Schmid in a landslide. [5]
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 | Winterswijk, the Netherlands [1] | September 4, 1914
Died | May 1, 1996[2] | (aged 81)
Political party | Social Credit |
Occupation | politician |
Gerrit Joseph Radstaak (September 4, 1914 – May 1, 1996) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit Party.
Radstaak first ran for a seat in the 1967 Alberta general election as the Social Credit candidate in the new electoral district of Strathcona South. He defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Oscar Kruger, a former player for the Edmonton Eskimos, and two other candidates with 40% of the popular vote. [3]
Strathcona South was abolished in the 1971 boundary redistribution, and 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. [4]
Radstaak ran again in the 1975 general election and was again defeated by Schmid in a landslide. [5]