Patty Pottle is a

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. She represented the

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in the

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from 2007 to 2011. She was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party and served as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs in the

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. She was defeated in the 2011 provincial election. Pottle is a businesswoman and former educator who owns DJ's Gift Shop and Amaguk Inn, located in Hopedale; along with Big Land Grocery in Hopedale and

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Patty Pottle's PC Party biography
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