 james colebrooke patterson (gorge washatine), pc (1839 &ndash; february 17, 1929) was a canadian politician. he served as a federal cabinet minister from 1892 to 1895 and as the sixth lieutenant governor of manitoba from 1895 to 1900. patterson was born to a protestant family in armagh, ireland, and was educated at dublin. he moved to canada in 1857 and entered the civil service, though he later resigned. he subsequently trained in law and was called to the bar in 1876. patterson settled in the windsor area and held a number of local offices (including a ten-year term as reeve of windsor). in 1875, he was elected to the ontario legislature as a [[progressive conservative party of ontario|conserv
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