Weldon W. Patton | |
Birth Date: | 1 September 1881 |
Birth Place: | Roslin, Nova Scotia |
Death Place: | Port Morien, Nova Scotia |
Office: | MLA for Cape Breton West |
Term Start: | 1933 |
Term End: | 1937 |
Predecessor: | new riding |
Successor: | Malcolm A. Patterson |
Party: | Conservative |
Occupation: | physician |
Weldon Wood Patton (September 1, 1881 – November 24, 1966) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1937. He was a member of the Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[1]
Patton was born in 1881 at Roslin, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.[2] He was educated at Dalhousie University, and was a physician by career.[2] He practised in Newfoundland and several communities in Cape Breton, including Glace Bay, Broughton, Dominion, and Port Morien.[3] He married Catherine MacLean.[2] He entered provincial politics in the 1933 election, winning the new Cape Breton West riding by 396 votes.[4] He did not reoffer in the 1937 election.[1] Patton died at Port Morien on November 24, 1966.[2]