[2] His position as Metropolitan Council chairperson was granted by governor Wendell Anderson.

[3][4] The term ended on December 31, 1975,[3] after he was defeated for reelection by independent Charles Stenvig, who had already been mayor from 1970 to 1973.

[3] During the years that Milwaukee Avenue, a two-block area of half-lot, almost identical houses, was threatened, Hofstede led the way to protect it.

[7] Albert met and married his second wife, Emma Hofstede (née Hild), a schoolteacher and a nun.

[1] Hofstede's daughter, Emily Koski, was elected to the Minneapolis City Council in 2021, representing Ward 11.