Gerrit Radstaak

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.

Gerrit Joseph Radstaak
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office May 23, 1967 – August 30, 1971
Preceded by	New District
Succeeded by	District Abolished
Constituency	Strathcona South
Personal details
Born	(1914-09-04)September 4, 1914 Winterswijk, the Netherlands[1]
Died	May 1, 1996(1996-05-01) (aged 81)[2]
Political party	Social Credit
Occupation	politician

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Radstaak ran again in the 1975 general election and was again defeated by Schmid in a landslide.^[5]