Allen Russell Patrick

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Allen Russell Patrick

| image = Allen Russell Patrick portrait.jpg

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| birth_date = September 15, 1910

| birth_place = Stettler, Alberta

| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|12|25|1910|9|15}}

| residence =

| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

| constituency =Lacombe

| term_start = August 5, 1952

| term_end = August 30, 1971

| predecessor = Duncan MacMillan

| successor =Jack Cookson

| office1 = Minister of Economic Affairs

| term_start1 = August 2, 1955

| term_end1 = September 1, 1959

| predecessor1 = Alfred Hooke

| successor1 = Hugh Horner

| premier1 = Ernest Manning

| office2 = Minister of Industry and Development

| term_start2 = September 1, 1959

| term_end2 = December 12, 1968

| predecessor2 = Alfred Hooke

| premier2 = Ernest Manning

| office3 = Minister of Industry and Tourism

| term_start3 = December 12, 1968

| term_end3 = May 27, 1969

| predecessor3 = Raymond Reierson

| successor3 = Raymond Ratzlaff

| premier3 = Harry Strom

| office4 = Provincial Secretary

| term_start4 = September 1, 1959

| term_end4 = October 15, 1962

| predecessor4 = Alfred Hooke

| successor4 = Ambrose Holowach

| premier4 = Ernest Manning

| office5 = Minister of Mines and Minerals

| term_start5 = October 15, 1962

| term_end5 = September 10, 1971

| predecessor5 = Ernest Manning

| successor5 = Bill Dickie

| premier5 = Ernest Manning and
Harry Strom

| religion =

| alma_mater =

| spouse = Florence Lyon

| children = Lynn, Terry and Granton

| occupation = teacher, stock broker and politician

| party = Social Credit

| website =

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Allen Russell Patrick (September 15, 1910 – December 25, 1995) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. He held numerous portfolios as a cabinet minister in the governments of Ernest Manning and Harry Strom from 1955 to 1971.

Early life

Patrick grew up in Stettler, Alberta, and earned his high school diploma in 1928. He went to Calgary and worked as a stockbroker. He lost his job after the stock market collapsed in 1929.{{cite web |title=A. Russell Patrick fonds |publisher=Archives Society of Alberta |url=http://asalive.archivesalberta.org:8080/?proc=display&sess=ASALIVE-2555-HblKl&item=PAA-6447&sear=.all%20all%20%60allen%20Russell%20Patrick%60&max=2&occ=1&dbase=archives_alberta |accessdate=April 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717131852/http://asalive.archivesalberta.org:8080/?proc=display&sess=ASALIVE-2555-HblKl&item=PAA-6447&sear=.all%20all%20%60allen%20Russell%20Patrick%60&max=2&occ=1&dbase=archives_alberta |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }} After being unemployed for a year, he was accepted into a teacher-training program in Camrose, Alberta. He then taught students from grades one to nine in a small rural school. In the summer he took courses at the University of Alberta.

Patrick married Florence Lyon on December 22, 1934. They had three children.

Political career

Patrick first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1952 general election, as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Lacombe. He defeated two other candidates with a large majority of the popular vote to hold the seat for his party.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1952&Constit=Lacombe| title=Lacombe Official Results 1952 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 25, 2010}}

In the 1955 general election he defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Alfred Haarstad and another candidate with just over half of the popular vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1955&Constit=Lacombe| title=Lacombe Official Results 1955 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 25, 2010}}

Premier Ernest Manning appointed Patrick Minister of Economic Affairs on August 2, 1955.{{cite news|title=Alberta Official Gazette |work=Vol. 51 |year=1955 |page=1,568 |publisher=Government of Alberta}} In the 1959 general election Patrick won a very large majority.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1959&Constit=Lacombe| title=Lacombe Official Results 1959 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 25, 2010}}

Premier Manning shuffled the cabinet on September 1, 1959, and moved Patrick to the Ministry of Industry and Development.{{cite news|title=Alberta Official Gazette |work=Vol. 55 |year=1959 |pages=1,491-1,492|publisher=Government of Alberta}} and to the position of Provincial Secretary.

On October 15, 1962, Patrick was shuffled from the post of Provincial Secretary to the Ministry of Mines and Minerals; he remained the Minister of Industry and Development. In the 1963 general election he won the largest majority and largest share of the popular vote in his political career.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1963&Constit=Lacombe| title=Lacombe Official Results 1963 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 25, 2010}}

In the 1967 general election he defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Jack Cookson and another candidate with just under half the popular vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1967&Constit=Lacombe| title=Lacombe Official Results 1967 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 25, 2010}}

On December 12, 1968 Premier Harry Strom appointed Patrick the Minister of Industry and Tourism, which he held until May 27, 1969. He retained the Economic Affairs portfolio until the end of his career.

Patrick retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the Assembly in 1971.

Late life

After leaving public office, Patrick's cabinet records were donated to the Alberta Archives. He died on December 25, 1995.{{cite hansard|title=Mr. Allen Russell Patrick {{ndash}} September 15, 1910, to December 25, 1995|house=Legislative Assembly of Alberta|date=February 14, 1996|page=5|url=https://www.assembly.ab.ca/ISYS/LADDAR_files/docs/hansards/han/legislature_23/session_4/19960214_1330_01_han.pdf}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024650/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]

Category:1910 births

Category:1995 deaths

Category:Alberta Social Credit Party MLAs

Category:University of Alberta alumni

Category:Members of the Executive Council of Alberta

Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta