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{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1948)}}
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| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = Dennis Glen Patterson
| name = Dennis Patterson
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| office = [[Senate of Canada|Senator]] for [[Nunavut]]
| office = [[Canadian Senators Group#Leadership|Deputy Leader of the Canadian Senators Group]]
| nominator = [[Stephen Harper]]
| leader = [[Scott Tannas]] (acting)
| appointed = [[Michaëlle Jean]]
| predecessor = [[Josée Verner]]
| predecessor =
| successor = [[Rebecca Patterson]]
| successor =
| term_start = March 21, 2022
| term_start = August 27, 2009
| term_end = October 31, 2023
| term_end =
| order1 = 5th
| order2 = 5th
| office1 = Premier of the Northwest Territories
| office2 = Premier of the Northwest Territories
| 1blankname1 = {{nowrap|[[Commissioner of the Northwest Territories|Commissioner]]}}
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| 1namedata1 = {{unbulleted list|[[John Havelock Parker]]|[[Daniel L. Norris]]}}
| 1blankname2 = Commissioner
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| term_start1 = November 12, 1987
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| 1namedata2 = [[John Havelock Parker]]<br>[[Daniel L. Norris]]
| predecessor2 = [[Nick Sibbeston]]
| term_end1 = November 14, 1991
| successor2 = [[Nellie Cournoyea]]
| predecessor1 = [[Nick Sibbeston]]
| term_start2 = November 12, 1987
| successor1 = [[Nellie Cournoyea]]
| office5 = [[Senate of Canada|Canadian Senator]]<br />from [[List of Canadian territorial senators#Nunavut|Nunavut]]
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| term_end2 = November 14, 1991
| term_start5 = August 27, 2009
| office3 = [[Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories|MLA]] for [[Frobisher Bay (N.W.T. electoral district)|Frobisher Bay]]
| term_start3 = October 1, 1979
| term_end5 = December 29, 2023
| term_end3 = November 21, 1983
| nominator5 = [[Stephen Harper]]
| predecessor3 = first member
| appointer5 = [[Michaëlle Jean]]
| predecessor5 = [[Willie Adams (politician)|Willie Adams]]
| successor3 = district abolished
| successor5 = TBD
| office4 = [[Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories|MLA]] for [[Iqaluit (N.W.T. electoral district)|Iqaluit]]
| office9 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly#Canada|Member]] of the<br />[[Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories]]<br />for Frobisher Bay<br />{{small|(Iqaluit; 1983–1995)}}
| term_start4 = November 21, 1983
| term_end4 = October 16, 1995
| term_start9 = October 1, 1979
| predecessor4 = first member
| term_end9 = October 16, 1995
| successor4 = [[Ed Picco]]
| predecessor9 = ''Riding established''
| successor9 = [[Ed Picco]]
| birth_name = Dennis Glen Patterson
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|12|30}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|12|30}}
| birth_place = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]
| birth_place = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
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| nationality = Canadian
| nationality = Canadian
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| party = [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
| party = [[Canadian Senators Group]]
| otherparty = [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] (2009–2022)
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| residence = [[Iqaluit]], [[Nunavut]]
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| occupation = lawyer
| occupation = Lawyer
| profession = politician
| profession = Politician
| religion = [[United Church of Canada|United]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120709160154/http://united-church.ca/files/communications/news/general/120703_senators.pdf]
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'''Dennis Glen Patterson''' (born December 30, 1948) is a politician and lawyer.<ref name="birth">[http://www.parl.gc.ca/ParlBusiness/Senate/Committees/Committee_SenBio.asp?comm_id=1&Language=E&M=M&Parl=40&senator_id=2857&Ses=3 Dennis Glen Patterson - Conservative Party of Canada]</ref> He served as MLA for Frobisher Bay and [[Iqaluit]] from 1978 to 1995, as NWT Minister of Education, Justice and Municipal Affairs and was chosen as the [[List of premiers of the Northwest Territories|fifth]] consensus Government Leader (now Premier) of [[Northwest Territories]], Canada from 1987 to 1991. He headed the campaign that led to the creation of [[Nunavut]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2009/08/28/harper_dubbed_patronage_king.html | location=Toronto | work=The Star | title=Harper dubbed 'patronage king' | first=Richard J. | last=Brennan | date=August 28, 2009 | accessdate=2015-12-01}}</ref>


'''Dennis Glen Patterson''' (born December 30, 1948) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who was [[Senate of Canada|senator]] from [[Nunavut]] from 2009 until his retirement in 2023. He was the fifth [[premier of the Northwest Territories]] from 1987 to 1991. Patterson played a key role in the settlement of the [[Inuvialuit Final Agreement|Inuvialuit final agreement]] and the [[Nunavut Land Claims Agreement|Nunavut final land claim agreement]]. Patterson was named to the Senate by Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]], sitting as a [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] until 2022, when he joined the [[Canadian Senators Group]] (CSG).
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Patterson is currently a member of the Law Society of Nunavut. In the past he has served as a director of the Northwest Territories Law Foundation and as chair of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Legal Services Board until 2000. He became a private consultant in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npreit.com/about/management.html |title=Northern Property REIT Management and Trustees |accessdate=2007-03-28 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516143816/http://www.npreit.com/about/management.html |archivedate=2007-05-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


== Career ==
Patterson was named to the [[Senate of Canada]] by [[Stephen Harper]] on August 27, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/ex-premier-patterson-named-nunavut-s-new-senator-1.799967|title=Ex-premier Patterson named Nunavut's new senator|publisher=CBC News|date=August 27, 2009|accessdate=2015-12-01}}</ref> He represents [[Nunavut]] as a [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]].
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He served as a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories|Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories]] (MLA) for Frobisher Bay and [[Iqaluit]] from 1978 to 1995, as minister of education, justice and municipal affairs, and was chosen as the fifth [[premier of Northwest Territories]] in 1987, serving to 1991. He headed the campaign that led to the creation of [[Nunavut]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2009/08/28/harper_dubbed_patronage_king.html | location=Toronto | work=The Star | title=Harper dubbed 'patronage king' | first=Richard J. | last=Brennan | date=August 28, 2009 | access-date=2015-12-01}}</ref>


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Patterson has served as a director of the Northwest Territories Law Foundation and as chair of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Legal Services Board until 2000. He became a private consultant in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |title=Northern Property REIT Management and Trustees |url=http://www.npreit.com/about/management.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516143816/http://www.npreit.com/about/management.html |archive-date=2007-05-16 |access-date=2007-03-28}}</ref>
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==References==

Patterson was named to the [[Senate of Canada]] by [[Stephen Harper]] on August 27, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/ex-premier-patterson-named-nunavut-s-new-senator-1.799967|title=Ex-premier Patterson named Nunavut's new senator|publisher=CBC News|date=August 27, 2009|access-date=2015-12-01}}</ref> He represented [[Nunavut]] as a [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] until February 4, 2022, when he announced he would be leaving the Conservative Senators Group to join the [[Canadian Senators Group]] in protest over other Conservative members support of the "[[Canada convoy protest|Freedom Convoy]]" protests.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Neary|first=Derek|date=2022-02-04|title=Senator Patterson leaves Conservative caucus in protest: media report|url=https://www.nnsl.com/news/senator-patterson-leaves-conservative-caucus-in-protest-media-report/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=NNSL Media|language=en-CA}}</ref> Patterson retired from the Senate of Canada on December 29, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=6934|title=Profile: The Hon. Dennis Glen Patterson, Senator|publisher=Library of Parliament|access-date=2024-04-25}}</ref>

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== References ==
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==External links==
== External links ==
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* [http://dpatterson.sencanada.ca/ Official site]
* [http://dpatterson.sencanada.ca/ Official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309204842/http://dpatterson.sencanada.ca/ |date=9 March 2014 }}


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Latest revision as of 06:00, 28 April 2024

For the ice hockey player, see Dennis Patterson (ice hockey).
The Honourable
Dennis Patterson
Deputy Leader of the Canadian Senators Group
In office
March 21, 2022 – October 31, 2023
LeaderScott Tannas (acting)
Preceded byJosée Verner
Succeeded byRebecca Patterson
5th Premier of the Northwest Territories
In office
November 12, 1987 – November 14, 1991
Commissioner
Preceded byNick Sibbeston
Succeeded byNellie Cournoyea
Canadian Senator
from Nunavut
In office
August 27, 2009 – December 29, 2023
Nominated byStephen Harper
Appointed byMichaëlle Jean
Preceded byWillie Adams
Succeeded byTBD
Member of the
Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
for Frobisher Bay
(Iqaluit; 1983–1995)
In office
October 1, 1979 – October 16, 1995
Preceded byRiding established
Succeeded byEd Picco
Personal details
Born
Dennis Glen Patterson

(1948-12-30) December 30, 1948 (age 75)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political partyCanadian Senators Group
Other political
affiliations		Conservative (2009–2022)
OccupationLawyer
ProfessionPolitician

Dennis Glen Patterson (born December 30, 1948) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who was senator from Nunavut from 2009 until his retirement in 2023. He was the fifth premier of the Northwest Territories from 1987 to 1991. Patterson played a key role in the settlement of the Inuvialuit final agreement and the Nunavut final land claim agreement. Patterson was named to the Senate by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, sitting as a Conservative until 2022, when he joined the Canadian Senators Group (CSG).

Career[edit]

He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories (MLA) for Frobisher Bay and Iqaluit from 1978 to 1995, as minister of education, justice and municipal affairs, and was chosen as the fifth premier of Northwest Territories in 1987, serving to 1991. He headed the campaign that led to the creation of Nunavut in 1999.[1]

Patterson has served as a director of the Northwest Territories Law Foundation and as chair of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Legal Services Board until 2000. He became a private consultant in 2001.[2]

Patterson was named to the Senate of Canada by Stephen Harper on August 27, 2009.[3] He represented Nunavut as a Conservative until February 4, 2022, when he announced he would be leaving the Conservative Senators Group to join the Canadian Senators Group in protest over other Conservative members support of the "Freedom Convoy" protests.[4] Patterson retired from the Senate of Canada on December 29, 2023.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brennan, Richard J. (28 August 2009). "Harper dubbed 'patronage king'". The Star. Toronto. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Northern Property REIT Management and Trustees". Archived from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2007.
  3. ^ "Ex-premier Patterson named Nunavut's new senator". CBC News. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. ^ Neary, Derek (4 February 2022). "Senator Patterson leaves Conservative caucus in protest: media report". NNSL Media. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Profile: The Hon. Dennis Glen Patterson, Senator". Library of Parliament. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

External links[edit]

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