Donald Alexander Paterson (November 25, 1926 – January 11, 1999) was a politician in
Ontario
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, Canada. He was a
Liberal
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member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1975 who represented the southwestern riding of
Essex South.
Background
Paterson was a lifelong resident of
Leamington, Ontario
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. On March 8, 1949, he married Joyce Oke. Together they raised four children. He owned and managed Paterson's Dry Goods in the
town
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Origin and use
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of
Leamington. Paterson died in 1999 and is buried in Erie Memorial Gardens, Leamington, Essex Co., Ontario.
Politics
Paterson ran in the
1963 provincial election as the Liberal candidate. He defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent
William Murdoch
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Murdoch was employed by the firm of Boulton & Watt and worked for them in Cornwall, as a steam engine erector for ten yea ...
by 706 votes.
and was subsequently re-elected in the general elections in 1967 and 1971, winning by large margins.
In 1967, his plurality over the
PC candidate, Thomas Robson, was over 5,000 votes. He served in the opposition benches under leaders
Andy Thompson and
Robert Nixon. He retired from politics in 1975.
References
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1926 births
1999 deaths
Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
People from Leamington, Ontario