Raymond Samuel Ratzlaff | |
Birth Date: | 10 April 1931[1] |
Birth Place: | Linden, Alberta |
Death Place: | Alberta, Canada |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
Constituency: | Three Hills |
Term Start: | May 23, 1967 |
Term End: | August 30, 1971 |
Predecessor: | Roy Davidson |
Successor: | Allan Warrack |
Party: | Social Credit |
Office1: | Minister of Industry and Tourism |
Term Start1: | May 27, 1969 |
Term End1: | September 10, 1971 |
Predecessor1: | Allen Patrick |
Successor1: | Fred Peacock Robert Dowling |
Premier1: | Harry Strom |
Occupation: | politician |
Raymond Samuel Ratzlaff (April 10, 1931 – February 1, 2019) 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 caucus in government. He served in the cabinet of Premier Harry Strom from 1969 to 1971.
Ratzlaff first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1967 general election, as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Three Hills. He defeated three other candidates with over half the popular vote to hold the seat for his party.[2]
On May 27, 1969 Ratzlaff was appointed Minister of Industry and Tourism by Premier Harry Strom. In the 1971 general election he was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Allan Warrack by just eight votes.[3] He died in 2019 at the age of 87.[4]