Raymond Ratzlaff

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| name = Raymond Samuel Ratzlaff

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| birth_date ={{birth date|1931|4|10}}{{cite journal|title=Guide parlementaire canadien|author=Canada. Parliament|journal=The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien|date=1969|publisher=Gale Canada|issn=0315-6168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rvrvAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=July 12, 2015}}

| birth_place =Linden, Alberta

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|2|1|1931|4|10}}

| death_place=Alberta, Canada

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| 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

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| occupation = politician

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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.

Political career

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1967&Constit=Three_Hills| title=Three Hills results 1967| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 19, 2010}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1971&Constit=Three_Hills| title=Three Hills results 1971| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 19, 2010}} He died in 2019 at the age of 87.{{Cite web|url=http://calgaryherald.remembering.ca/obituary/ray-ratzlaff-1072565536/print|title = Calgary Herald | Obituaries | Print Preview}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]

Category:Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs

Category:1931 births

Category:2019 deaths

Category:Members of the Executive Council of Alberta

Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta