Thomas Alfred Patrick
Canadian politician and physician (1864-1943)
Thomas Alfred Patrick (December 23, 1864 – September 8, 1943) was a Canadian politician and physician. A doctor residing in Yorkton, he served on the North-West Legislative Assembly for Yorkton from 1897 to 1904.
Early life
Thomas Alfred Patrick was born on December 23, 1864, in Ilderton, Canada West to George Blackall Patrick (1832–1917) and Alicia Hobbs, the oldest of 12 children. He graduated medicine from the University of Western Ontario in 1888 and was a surgery in Saltcoats until 1894, then moved to Yorkton where he practiced until 1939.
Political life
Patrick first contested the 1891 North-West Territories general election in the Wallace electoral district, finishing second to Joel Reaman. Patrick again ran for office in the October 1897 by-election for the Yorkton electoral district and was acclaimed, and in the subsequent 1898 North-West Territories general election, was acclaimed again. In the 1902 North-West Territories general election Patrick defeated J.E. Peake with 408 votes to Peake's 141.
In the Assembly, Patrick was a supporter of the Frederick W. A. G. Haultain government and responsible government for the North-West Territories until 1902 when he disagreed with Haultain's goal of a single large province across the western Prairies. Instead, Patrick envisioned provinces with boundaries similar to the borders that have been adopted for the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. He authored the 1905 book The Five Province Heresy - a Menace to National Unity concerning the issue.
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