Stephen Clifford Patrick (''

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'' Patrebka, March 24, 1932 – January 11, 2014) was a

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politician and athlete. Patrick was a Liberal member of the

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from 1962 to 1977.

Career

Patrick played with the

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football team for thirteen years. He became President and General-Manager of Patrick Agencies Ltd. (now known as Patrick Realty Ltd.), and was a Director of the Winnipeg Real Estate Bld. and the Pioneer Fraternal Association. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the provincial election of 1962, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative George Johnson by 239 votes in the west-end

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riding of

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. He was re-elected by a greater margin in the 1966 election, but retained his seat by only 26 votes over Tory

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in the 1969 election. The once-dominant Manitoba Liberal Party was reduced to only five seats in the 1969 election, and dropped to four when

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decided to support the

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. Patrick was re-elected in

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, but lost his seat to Tory candidate

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in the 1977 election, amid the Liberal Party's continued decline.

Personal life

The son of Alexandre and Katie Patrebka, he was educated in Glenella, at the Manitoba Teachers College and at Success Community Business College. The family anglicized their surname from Patrebka to Patrick, upon immigrating to Canada from the Ukraine. In 1956, he married Marjorie June Mathieson. Patrick's sons,

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and Steve, played in the

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(NHL). His grandson, Nolan Patrick, is currently playing in the NHL. Patrick was inducted into the

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in 1988. He died in 2014.

References

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