Robert Patterson (Alberta politician)
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Preceded byColin Genge
Succeeded byGeorge Skelding
ConstituencyMacleod
BornApril 11, 1855
County Tipperary, Ireland
Robert Patterson | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| In office October 3, 1910 – June 6, 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Colin Genge |
| Succeeded by | George Skelding |
| Constituency | Macleod |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 11, 1855 County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Died | February 28, 1938 (aged 82) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Sarah Lucinda Sayers
(m. 1884) |
| Children | six |
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Robert Patterson (April 11, 1855 – February 28, 1938) was a Canadian provincial politician from Alberta.
Robert Patterson was born in County Tipperary, Ireland on April 11, 1855 to George and Mary Patterson. Patterson immigrated to Canada at the age of 21 and joined the North-West Mounted Police in 1876 and dispatched to Fort Macleod.[1] Patterson began ranching in 1880 in Slide, Ontario and bought out his partner in 1884.[1] Patterson served on Fort Macleod town council and a member of the school board for a number of years.[1]