Arthur Joseph Soetaert (April 14, 1913 – September 14, 2006) was a provincial politician from

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, Canada. He served as a member of the

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from 1955 to 1959 sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.

Political career

Soetaert ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the

1952 Alberta general election The 1952 Alberta general election was held on August 5, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Ernest C. Manning in his third election as leader of the Social Credit Party, and its first election since the Social Credit ...

. He ran in the electoral district of St. Albert under the

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banner. Soetaert lost to incumbent MLA

Lucien Maynard Joseph Lucien Paul Maynard (February 17, 1908 – February 7, 1996) was a lawyer and a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 to 1955 as a member of the Social Credit Party. Maynar ...

in a hotly contested race finishing a close second with vote transfers in the second count. Soetaert ran for a second time in the

1955 Alberta general election The 1955 Alberta general election was held on June 29, 1955, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Despite losing almost 10% of the popular vote (compared to its 1952 proportion of the vote) and 30% of its seats in the legisla ...

. He faced Maynard again and ended up winning on the fourth count in vote transfers. He ran for his second term in the 1959 election but was defeated by Social Credit candidate Keith Everitt. Soetaert died on September 14, 2006.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Soetaert, Arthur 1913 births 2006 deaths Alberta Liberal Party MLAs Politicians from Edmonton 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta