Raymond Samuel Ratzlaff (April 10, 1931 – February 1, 2019) was a politician from

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. He served in the

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from 1967 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. He served in the cabinet of Premier

Harry Strom Harry Edwin Strom (July 7, 1914 – October 2, 1984) was the ninth premier of Alberta, from 1968 to 1971. His two-and-a-half years as Premier were the last of the thirty-six-year Social Credit dynasty, as his defeat by Peter Lougheed saw its r ...

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

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. He defeated three other candidates with over half the popular vote to hold the seat for his party. On May 27, 1969 Ratzlaff was appointed Minister of Industry and Tourism by Premier

. In the 1971 general election he was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Allan Warrack by just eight votes. He died in 2019 at the age of 87.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs 1931 births 2019 deaths Members of the Executive Council of Alberta {{Alberta-politician-stub