Arthur Soetaert
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
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| name = Arthur Joseph Soetaert
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| birth_date = April 14, 1913
| death_date ={{nowrap| {{death date and age|2006|9|14|1913|4|14}} }}
| death_place = Morinville, Alberta
| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta
| residence =
| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| constituency = St. Albert
| term_start = June 29, 1955
| term_end = June 18, 1959
| predecessor = Lucien Maynard
| successor = Keith Everitt
| party = Liberal
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| occupation =
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Arthur Joseph Soetaert (April 14, 1913 – September 14, 2006) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 to 1959 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QG9LAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Soetaert%2C+arthur%22|title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien|year=1958}}
Political career
Soetaert ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1952 Alberta general election. He ran in the electoral district of St. Albert under the Liberal banner. Soetaert lost to incumbent MLA Lucien Maynard in a hotly contested race finishing a close second with vote transfers in the second count.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1952&Constit=St._Albert| title=St. Albert Official Results 1952 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 17, 2010}}
Soetaert ran for a second time in the 1955 Alberta general election. He faced Maynard again and ended up winning on the fourth count in vote transfers.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1955&Constit=St._Albert| title=St. Albert Official Results 1955 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 17, 2010}} He ran for his second term in the 1959 election but was defeated by Social Credit candidate Keith Everitt.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1959&Constit=St._Albert| title=St. Albert Official Results 1959 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 17, 2010}}
Soetaert died on September 14, 2006.{{cite hansard|title=Prayers {{ndash}} Mr. Arthur Soetaert; April 14, 1913, to September 14, 2006|house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_26/session_3/20070308_1330_01_han.pdf|date=March 8, 2007|page=7}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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Category:Alberta Liberal Party MLAs
Category:Politicians from Edmonton
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta