Gerrit Radstaak

Gerrit Joseph Radstaak
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
May 23, 1967 – August 30, 1971
Preceded byNew District
Succeeded byDistrict Abolished
ConstituencyStrathcona South
Personal details
Born(1914-09-04)September 4, 1914
Winterswijk, the Netherlands[1]
DiedMay 1, 1996(1996-05-01) (aged 81)[2]
Political partySocial Credit
Occupationpolitician

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.

Political career

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]

References

  1. ^ Normandin, P.G.; Normandin, A.L. (1971). "Guide parlementaire canadien". The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = 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.