Gerrit Joseph Radstaak (September 4, 1914 – May 1, 1996) was a politician from

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, Canada. He served in the

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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 The 1967 Alberta general election was held on May 23, 1967, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 16th Alberta Legislature. The election was called after the 15th Alberta Legislature was prorogued on April 11, 1967, and ...

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. Strathcona South was abolished in the 1971 boundary redistribution, and Radstaak ran for re-election in the new electoral district of

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in the election held that year. He was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate

Horst Schmid Horst Adolph Louis Charles Schmid (born April 29, 1933) is a former provincial level politician and international trade businessman from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta sitting with the governing P ...

. Radstaak ran again in the 1975 general election and was again defeated by Schmid in a landslide.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Radstaak, Gerrit Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs Dutch emigrants to Canada People from Winterswijk 1996 deaths 1914 births