Alphaeus Patterson

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1856|03|15}}

| birth_place = Kemptville, Canada West

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1931|11|04|1856|03|15}}

| death_place = North Saanich, British Columbia

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| occupation = Businessman, politician

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| party = Progressive Conservative

| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

| constituency = Peace River

| term_start = 1913

| term_end = 1917

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Alphaeus Patterson (March 15, 1856 – November 4, 1931) was an Irish-Canadian politician and businessman in Alberta, Canada. He was born in Kempville, Canada West.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5xczAQAAIAAJ&q=%22patterson,+Alphaeus%22|title = Who's who in Canada|last1 = Parker|first1 = Charles Wolcott|last2 = Greene|first2 = Barnet M.|year = 1930}}

Business

Patterson founded a company with William Rae known as The Argonaut Company Ltd. In 1909 Patterson became President and Rae became the secretary-treasure. The company was primarily responsible for developing the site on Bear Creek that became modern Grande Prairie.{{cite web| url =http://www.rootsweb.com/~abgrande/history.htm | title = History of the County of Grande Prairie| author=Brad Morrow | date=2000-04-12 | accessdate = 2007-08-09| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070812144546/http://www.rootsweb.com/~abgrande/history.htm| archivedate= 12 August 2007 | url-status= live}}

In 1911, Patterson erected the first Store building in Grande Prairie. The business was known as Paterson & Son. He ran the store and a post office from the same building with his son, Jack O. Patterson.{{cite web| url = http://www.calverley.ca/Part16-Alberta%20Peace/16-02.html| title = History of the Peace Region Part 16| author = I. Campbell| accessdate = 2007-08-09| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927013256/http://www.calverley.ca/Part16-Alberta%20Peace/16-02.html| archive-date = 2007-09-27| url-status = dead}}

Politics

Patterson was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1913 Alberta general election. He ran in a hotly three-way contested race defeating former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), William Bredin, and against his former business partner and future MLA,William Rae. He served one term in the Assembly as a member of the official opposition and did not run for re-election.

Patterson is the first member elected to the Alberta Legislature who lived in Grande Prairie, Alberta.{{cite web | url = http://www.southpeacearchives.org/fonds/fonds111.htm | title = Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire - Alphaeus Patterson Chapter fonds | publisher = South Peace Regional Archives | accessdate = 2007-08-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930030227/http://www.southpeacearchives.org/fonds/fonds111.htm | archive-date = 2007-09-30 | url-status = dead }} He died in 1931 in North Saanich, British Columbia.

Honors

Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire - Alphaeus Patterson chapter which operated in Grande Prairie from 1921 to 1997 was named in his honor.

Grande Prairie College grants the I.O.D.E. Alphaeus Patterson Chapter Science Scholarship.{{cite web| url = http://www.gprc.ab.ca/students/awards/details.html?AID=108| title = I.O.D.E. Alphaeus Patterson Chapter Science Scholarship| publisher = Grande Prairie College| accessdate = 2007-08-09| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928081946/http://www.gprc.ab.ca/students/awards/details.html?AID=108| archive-date = 2007-09-28| url-status = dead}}

References

http://southpeacearchives.org/imperial-order-of-the-daughters-of-the-empire-fonds/

External links

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

{{succession box|

before=James Cornwall|

title=MLA Peace River|

years=1913–1917|

after=William Archibald Rae}}

Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs

Category:People from Grande Prairie

Category:1931 deaths

Category:1856 births

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