William John Patterson

Infobox Prime Minister
name = William John Patterson
honorific-suffix =


caption =
office1 = 6th Premier of Saskatchewan
term_start1 = November 1 1935
term_end1 = July 10 1944
predecessor1 = James G. Gardiner
successor1 = Tommy Douglas
office2 = MLA for Pipestone
term_start2 = 1921
term_end2 = 1934
predecessor2 = Richard James Phin (Lib.)
successor2 = "riding abolished"
office3 = MLA for Cannigton
term_start3 = 1934
term_end3 = 1949
predecessor3 = Samson Wallace Arthur (Ind.)
successor3 = Roscoe Arnold McCarthy (Lib.)
office4 = Leader of the Opposition
term_start4 = 1944
term_end4 = 1948
predecessor4 = John Brockelbank
successor4 = Walter Tucker
office5 = 10th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
term_start5 = 1951
term_end5 = 1958
predecessor5 = John Michael Uhrich
successor5 = Frank Lindsay Bastedo
party = Liberal
birth_date = May 13, 1886
birth_place =
death_date =death date and age | 1976|06|10|1886|05|13
death_place =
party = Liberal
spouse =
religion = United Church of Canada|

William John Patterson (May 13, 1886 - June 10, 1976) was a Liberal Premier of Saskatchewan, Canada. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 1921 election. He succeeded James G. Gardiner to become the province's first Saskatchewan-born premier in 1935.

Patterson's leadership was considered to be uninspired. He was unable to resist the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation's rise to power in the 1944 election under Tommy Douglas. Patterson's Liberals were reduced to five seats in the Legislature. He resigned as Liberal leader in 1946.

Patterson served as lieutenant-governor of the province from 1951 to 1958, becoming the first person to have been both Premier and lieutenant-governor of the province.

External links

* [http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/patterson_william_john_1886-1976.html William John Patterson] , Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan