Stephen Patrick
{{short description|Canadian politician and athlete (1932–2014)}}
{{About|the politician|the hockey player|Steve Patrick}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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Stephen Clifford Patrick (né Patrebka, March 24, 1932 – January 11, 2014) was a Canadian politician and athlete. Patrick was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1962 to 1977.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_living.html#p |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |title=MLA Biographies - Living |access-date=2013-10-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330171632/http://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_living.html#p |archive-date=2014-03-30 }}
Career
Patrick played with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers football team for thirteen years. He became President and General-Manager of Patrick Agencies Ltd. (now known as Patrick Realty Ltd.), and was a Director of the Winnipeg Real Estate Bld. and the Pioneer Fraternal Association.
He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1962, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative George Johnson by 239 votes in the west-end Winnipeg riding of Assiniboia. He was re-elected by a greater margin in the 1966 election, but retained his seat by only 26 votes over Tory Bill Docking in the 1969 election.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/manitobavotes2003/riding/002/|title=Manitoba Votes - Riding Profiles|publisher=CBC.ca|access-date=July 6, 2010}}
The once-dominant Manitoba Liberal Party was reduced to only five seats in the 1969 election, and dropped to four when Laurent Desjardins decided to support the New Democratic Party. Patrick was re-elected in 1973, but lost his seat to Tory candidate Norma Price in the 1977 election, amid the Liberal Party's continued decline.
Personal life
The son of Alexandre and Katie Patrebka, he was educated in Glenella, at the Manitoba Teachers College and at Success Community Business College. The family anglicized their surname from Patrebka to Patrick, upon immigrating to Canada from Ukraine. In 1956, he married Marjorie June Mathieson.{{cite web |url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/patrick_sc.shtml |work=Memorable Manitobans |title=Stephen Clifford Patrick |publisher=Manitoba Historical Society |access-date=2013-10-27}}
Patrick's sons, James and Steve, played in the National Hockey League (NHL). His grandson, Nolan Patrick, is currently playing in the NHL.
Patrick was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1988.{{cite web |url=http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honoured/1988/sPatrick.htm |title=Steve Patrick's biography |publisher=Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706184837/http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honoured/1988/sPatrick.htm |archive-date=2011-07-06 }} He died in 2014.{{cite web | url=http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-209665/name-Steve_Patrick/min-run-date-1390024800/order-publish_date%7CDESC,last_name%7CASC/ | title=PATRICK STEVE - Obituaries - Winnipeg Free Press Passages }}
References
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Category:Canadian people of Ukrainian descent
Category:Canadian football offensive linemen
Category:Winnipeg Blue Bombers players
Category:Players of Canadian football from Manitoba
Category:Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs
Category:Canadian sportsperson-politicians from Manitoba
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba