Dennis Patterson
Politician
1948 –
Who is Dennis Patterson?
Dennis Glen Patterson is a politician and lawyer. 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 of Northwest Territories, Canada from 1987 to 1991. He headed the campaign that led to the creation of Nunavut in 1999.
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.
Patterson was named to the Senate of Canada by Stephen Harper on August 27, 2009. He will represent Nunavut as a Conservative.
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- Born
- Dec 30, 1948
Vancouver - Religion
- United Church of Canada
- Profession
- Education
- Georgia Institute of Technology College of Management
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on July 23, 2013
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