Alphaeus Patterson (March 15, 1856 – November 4, 1931) was a politician and businessman from
Alberta, Canada. He was born in
Kemptville, Ontario.
Business
Patterson founded a company with
William Rae known as The Argonaut Company Ltd. in 1909 Patterson became President and Rae became the secretary-treasure. The company was primarily responsible for developing the site on Bear Creek that became modern Grande Prairie.
In 1911 Patterson erected the first Store building in Grande Prairie the business was known as Paterson & Son as he ran the store and a post office from the same building with his son Jack O. Patterson.
Politics
Patterson was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the
1913 Alberta general election
The 1913 Alberta general election was held in March 1913. The writ was dropped on 25 March 1913 and election day was held 17 April 1913 to elect 56 members to the 3rd Alberta Legislature. Elections in two northern districts took place on 30 July ...
. He ran in a hotly three-way contested race defeating former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)
William Bredin and against his former business partner and future MLA
William Rae. He served 1 term in the Assembly as a member of the official opposition and did not run for re-election.
Patterson is the first member elected to the Alberta Legislature who lived in
Grande Prairie, Alberta.
He died in 1931 in
North Saanich, British Columbia.
Honors
Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire - Alphaeus Patterson chapter which operated in Grande Prairie from 1921 to 1997 was named in his honor.
grants the I.O.D.E. Alphaeus Patterson Chapter Science Scholarship.
References
*http://southpeacearchives.org/imperial-order-of-the-daughters-of-the-empire-fonds/
External links
Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs
People from Grande Prairie
1931 deaths
1856 births
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