Steve Zarusky

{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1943)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image =

| name =Steve Zarusky

| caption =

| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1943|6|20}}

| birth_place =Smoky Lake, Alberta

| death_date =

| death_place=

| residence =

| office = MLA for Redwater-Andrew

| term_start = 1986

| term_end = 1993

| predecessor =George Topolnisky|

| successor =district abolished

| party = Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta

| children=

| occupation =

}}

Steve P. Zarusky (born June 20, 1943) is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1986 to 1993.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-QfwAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Zarusky,+Steve%22+1943|title = Guide Parlementaire Canadien|year = 1993| publisher=Gale Canada |isbn = 9780921925316}} He is of Ukrainian descent.{{cite book|author=Austin Mardon|title=Alberta Catholic Politicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BxjiAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA63|year=2012|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-897472-89-7|pages=63–}}

Political career

Zarusky ran as a candidate for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1986 Alberta general election. He won the Redwater-Andrew electoral district defeating three other candidates including former Social Credit MLA Michael Senych.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Redwater-Andrew|title=Redwater-Andrew 1986 election results|publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|access-date=2008-05-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612184412/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1986&Constit=Redwater-Andrew|archive-date=2011-06-12}} He ran for a second term in office in the 1989 Alberta general election. In that race he increased his plurality and won the district comfortably.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1989&Constit=Redwater-Andrew|title=Redwater-Andrew 1989 election results|publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|access-date=2008-05-10}} Redwater-Andrew was abolished due to redistribution in 1993. Zarusky ran for a third term in the reconstituted Redwater electoral district. He was defeated by former Liberal leader Nicholas Taylor.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/database/maps_choice.asp?Year=1993&Constit=Redwater|title=Redwater 1993 election results|publisher=Alberta Heritage Foundation|access-date=2008-05-10}}

References

{{reflist}}