Gerrit Radstaak
{{short description|Canadian politician (1914–1996)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
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| name = Gerrit Joseph Radstaak
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|9|4}}
| birth_place =Winterswijk, the Netherlands{{cite journal|title=Guide parlementaire canadien|author1=Normandin, P.G.|author2=Normandin, A.L.|journal=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien|date=1971|publisher=P.G. Normandin|issn=0315-6168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MvzvAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=July 12, 2015}}
| death_date ={{Death date and age|1996|5|1|1914|9|4}}{{cite web|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/isys/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_23/session_4/19960502_1330_01_han.pdf|date=2 May 1996|title= Gerrit Joseph Radstaak – Alberta Hansard|accessdate=July 12, 2015}}
| residence =
| 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
| religion =
| 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1967&Constit=Strathcona-South| title=Strathcona South results 1967| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 22, 2010}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Edmonton-Avonmore| title=Edmonton-Avonmore results 1971| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 22, 2010}}
Radstaak ran again in the 1975 general election and was again defeated by Schmid in a landslide.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1975&Constit=Edmonton-Avonmore| title=Edmonton-Avonmore results 1975| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 22, 2010}}
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 Social Credit Party MLAs
Category:Dutch emigrants to Canada
Category:People from Winterswijk
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta