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William John Patterson | |
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| 10th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan | |
| In office June 25, 1951 – February 3, 1958 | |
| Monarchs | George VI Elizabeth II |
| Governors General | The Viscount Alexander of Tunis Vincent Massey |
| Premier | Tommy Douglas |
| Preceded by | John Michael Uhrich |
| Succeeded by | Frank Lindsay Bastedo |
| 6th Premier of Saskatchewan | |
| In office November 1, 1935 – July 10, 1944 | |
| Monarchs | George V Edward VIII George VI |
| Lieutenant Governor | Hugh Edwin Munroe Archibald Peter McNab |
| Preceded by | James G. Gardiner |
| Succeeded by | Tommy Douglas |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office July 10, 1944 – August 6, 1946 | |
| Preceded by | John Brockelbank |
| Succeeded by | Walter Tucker |
| MLA for Pipestone | |
| In office June 9, 1921 – June 19, 1934 | |
| Preceded by | Richard James Phin |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| MLA for Cannington | |
| In office June 19, 1934 – April 2, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Samson Wallace Arthur |
| Succeeded by | Rosscoe Arnold McCarthy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 13, 1886 Grenfell, District of Assiniboia, North-West Territories |
| Died | June 10, 1976 (aged 90) Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
William John Patterson (May 13, 1886 – June 10, 1976) was a Liberal politician and the sixth premier of Saskatchewan from 1935 to 1944. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 1921 election. He succeeded James G. Gardiner to become the province's first Saskatchewan-born premier.
Patterson's leadership was considered to be uninspired.[according to whom?] He was unable to resist the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation's rise to power in the 1944 election under Tommy Douglas. Patterson's Liberals were reduced to five seats in the Legislature. He resigned as Liberal leader in 1946.
Patterson served as the tenth lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan from 1951 to 1958, becoming the first person to have been both premier and lieutenant governor of the province.