Preceded by New District Name Gerrit Radstaak Succeeded by District Abolished Role Politician | Died May 1, 1996 Occupation politician | |
Born September 4, 1914Winterswijk, the Netherlands ( 1914-09-04 ) Political party Alberta Social Credit Party | ||
Gerrit Joseph Radstaak (September 4, 1914 – May 1, 1996) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1967 to 1971 sitting with the Social Credit caucus in government.
Political career
Radstaak ran for a seat in the 1967 Alberta general election as the Social Credit candidate in the new electoral district of Strathcona South. He faced a hotly contested race running against star Progressive Conservative candidate Oscar Kruger who played for the Edmonton Eskimos and two other candidates. Radstaak picked up the new seat for his party winning about 40% of the popular vote.
Strathcona South was abolished in the 1971 boundary redistribution. 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 in a very closely contested race finishing second.
Radstaak attempted to regain a seat to the assembly in the 1975 Alberta general election. He faced Scmid for the second time but was defeated in a landslide finishing a very distant second.