Career
He represented the electoral district of Cape Breton West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1937. Patton was born in 1881 at Roslin, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. He was educated at Dalhousie University, and was a physician by career.
He practised in Newfoundland and several communities in Cape Breton, including Glace Bay, Broughton, Dominion, and Portuguese Morien.
He entered provincial politics in the 1933 election, winning the new Cape Breton West riding by 396 votes. He did not reoffer in the 1937 election.
Patton died at Portuguese Morien on November 24, 1966.