Career
Paterson was a lifelong resident of Leamington, Ontario. Married, on March 8, 1949, to East. Joyce Oke (1926 - ), they had four children. He owned and managed Paterson"s Dry Goods in the town of Leamington.
He was first elected in the general election in 1963 and was subsequently re-elected in the general elections in 1967 and 1971, winning by large margins.
In 1967, his plurality over the Personal Computer candidate, Thomas Robson, was over 5,000 votes. He served on a variety of Standing and Select Committees, as an Opposition Member, during successive Personal Computer governments under Premiers John Robarts and Bill Davis.
He retired from politics in 1975. Paterson died in 1999 and is buried in Erie Memorial Gardens, Leamington, Essex Company, Ontario.
