Gerrit Radstaak Explained

Gerrit Joseph Radstaak
Birth Date:4 September 1914
Birth Place:Winterswijk, the Netherlands[1]
Death Date:[2]
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Constituency:Strathcona South
Term Start:May 23, 1967
Term End:August 30, 1971
Predecessor:New District
Successor:District Abolished
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.

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Guide parlementaire canadien. Normandin, P.G.. Normandin, A.L.. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien. 1971. P.G. Normandin. 0315-6168. July 12, 2015.
  2. Web site: Gerrit Joseph Radstaak – Alberta Hansard. 2 May 1996. July 12, 2015.
  3. Web site: Strathcona South results 1967. Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . April 22, 2010.
  4. Web site: Edmonton-Avonmore results 1971. Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . April 22, 2010.
  5. Web site: Edmonton-Avonmore results 1975. Alberta Heritage Community Foundation . April 22, 2010.