Dennis Glen Patterson (born December 30, 1948) is a Canadian politician and lawyer.Dennis Glen Patterson - Conservative Party of Canada
/ref> He served as MLA for Frobisher Bay and

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from 1978 to 1995, as NWT Minister of Education, Justice and Municipal Affairs and was chosen as the fifth premier of Northwest Territories 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 represented Nunavut as a

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until February 4, 2022, when he announced he would be leaving the Conservative Senators Group to join the

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in protest over other Conservative members support of the "

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" protests.

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1948 births Living people 21st-century Canadian politicians Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Members of the United Church of Canada Politicians from Vancouver Premiers of the Northwest Territories Canadian senators from Nunavut Canadian Senators Group Conservative Party of Canada senators Canadian lawyers Lawyers in Nunavut People from Iqaluit {{NorthwestTerritories-politician-stub