Dennis Patterson

For the ice hockey player, see Dennis Patterson (ice hockey).

The Honourable Dennis Glen Patterson

Senator for Nunavut
Incumbent
Assumed office August 27, 2009
Appointed by	Stephen Harper
5th Premier of the Northwest Territories
In office November 12, 1987 – November 14, 1991
Prime Minister	Brian Mulroney
Commissioner	John Havelock Parker Daniel L. Norris
Preceded by	Nick Sibbeston
Succeeded by	Nellie Cournoyea
MLA for Frobisher Bay
In office October 1, 1979 – November 21, 1983
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	district abolished
MLA for Iqaluit
In office November 21, 1983 – October 16, 1995
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	Ed Picco
Personal details
Born	(1948-12-30) December 30, 1948 Vancouver, British Columbia
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Conservative
Occupation	lawyer
Profession	politician
Religion	United

Dennis Glen Patterson (born December 30, 1948) is a politician and lawyer.^[1] He served as MLA for Frobisher Bay and Iqaluit from 1978 to 1995, as NWT Minister of Education, Justice and Municipal Affairs and was chosen as the fifth consensus Government Leader (now Premier) of Northwest Territories, Canada from 1987 to 1991. He headed the campaign that led to the creation of Nunavut in 1999.^[2]

Patterson is currently a member of the Law Society of Nunavut. In the past he has served as a Director of the Northwest Territories Law Foundation and as Chair of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Legal Services Board until 2000. He became a private consultant in 2001.^[3]

Patterson was named to the Senate of Canada by Stephen Harper on August 27, 2009.^[4] He represents Nunavut as a Conservative.

References

↑ Dennis Glen Patterson - Conservative Party of Canada
↑ Brennan, Richard J. (August 28, 2009). "Harper dubbed 'patronage king'". The Star (Toronto). Retrieved 2015-12-01.
↑ "Northern Property REIT Management and Trustees". Archived from the original on 2007-05-16. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
↑ "Ex-premier Patterson named Nunavut's new senator". CBC News. August 27, 2009. Retrieved 2015-12-01.

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Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Preceded by New District	MLA Frobisher Bay 1979–1983	Succeeded by District Abolished
Preceded by New District	MLA Iqaluit 1983–1995	Succeeded by Ed Picco
Preceded by Willie Adams	Senator Nunavut 2009 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Premiers of the Northwest Territories

Haultain Braden Nerysoo Sibbeston Patterson Cournoyea Morin Arlooktoo Antoine Kakfwi Handley Roland McLeod

Current members of the Senate of Canada

Presiding officer: Speaker George Furey (Ind.)

AB	Black McCoy Mitchell Tannas Tardif Unger

BC	Campbell Jaffer Greene Martin Neufeld one vacancy

MB	Johnson Plett four vacancies

NB	Day Lovelace Nicholas McIntyre Mockler Poirier Ringuette Stewart-Olsen Wallace two vacancies

NL	Baker Doyle Furey Marshall Manning Wells

NS	Cordy Cowan Greene MacDonald McInnis Mercer Moore Ogilvie two vacancies

ON	Ataullahjan Beyak Cools Eaton♦ Enverga Eggleton Frum Kenny Meredith Munson Nancy Ruth Ngo Oh Runciman D. Smith White eight vacancies

PE	Downe Duffy Hubley one vacancy

QC	Bellemare Boisvenu Brazeau Carignan Dagenais Dawson Demers Fortin-Duplessis Fraser Hervieux-Payette Housakos Joyal Maltais Massicotte Rivard Seidman L. Smith Verner Watt five vacancies

SK	Andreychuk Batters Dyck Merchant Tkachuk Wallin

Territories	NT Sibbeston NU Patterson YT Lang

Conservative (C) Independent (Ind.) or Not affiliated (N/A) Independent Liberal (Ind. L) Progressive Conservative (PC) ♦Speaker pro tempore

Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples

Chair	Gerry St. Germain

Vice Chair	Lillian Eva Dyck

Members	Patrick Brazeau Larry W. Campbell Roméo Dallaire Jacques Demers Sandra Lovelace Nicholas Dennis Patterson Rose-May Poirier Nancy Greene Raine Nick Sibbeston Carolyn Stewart-Olsen

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