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Thomas Alfred Patrick

Published Online December 13, 2007

Last Edited December 15, 2013

Thomas Alfred Patrick, physician, legislator (b at Ilderton, Ont 23 Dec 1864; d at North Battleford, Sask 6 Sept 1943). After graduating from Western in 1888, Patrick practised medicine and surgery in Saltcoats, Saskatchewan, until 1894 and in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, until 1939.

Patrick, Thomas Alfred

Thomas Alfred Patrick, physician, legislator (b at Ilderton, Ont 23 Dec 1864; d at North Battleford, Sask 6 Sept 1943). After graduating from Western in 1888, Patrick practised medicine and surgery in Saltcoats, Saskatchewan, until 1894 and in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, until 1939. Elected from Yorkton to the North-West Territories Assembly in 1897, he used his slogan "No Annexation of Manitoba" on campaign buttons in 1898, and won decisive re-election on a "2-province" platform in 1902. He was the first to propose the present boundaries of Saskatchewan and Alberta.