{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Patty Pottle | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | assembly2 = Newfoundland and Labrador House of | constituency_AM2 = Torngat Mountains | term_start2 = November 1, 2007 | term_end2 = September 19, 2011 | predecessor2 = Wally Andersen | successor2 = Randy Edmunds | office = Minister of Aboriginal Affairs of Newfoundland and Labrador | term_start = October 30, 2007 | term_end = October 28, 2011 | predecessor = Tom Rideout | successor = Nick McGrath | party = Progressive Conservative Party | occupation = Businesswoman, educator | website = }}
'''Patty Pottle''' is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. She represented the district of Torngat Mountains in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2007 to 2011. She was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party and served as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs in the provincial government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/williams-recruits-5-rookies-for-expanded-n-l-cabinet-1.631002|title=Williams recruits 5 rookies for expanded N.L. cabinet|publisher=CBC News|date=October 30, 2007|accessdate=2017-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/high-expectations-for-2-labrador-cabinet-ministers-1.646559|title=High expectations for 2 Labrador cabinet ministers|publisher=CBC News|date=November 2, 2007|accessdate=2017-09-28}}</ref> She was defeated in the 2011 provincial election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Plenty of new faces heading to Confederation Building|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/plenty-of-new-faces-heading-to-confederation-building-1.997878|accessdate=26 May 2018|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=12 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Skinner, Pottle lose but most PC ministers re-elected|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/skinner-pottle-lose-but-most-pc-ministers-re-elected-1.1079786|accessdate=25 May 2018|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=12 October 2011}}</ref>
Pottle is a businesswoman and former educator who owns DJ's Gift Shop and Amaguk Inn, located in Hopedale; along with Big Land Grocery in Hopedale and Makkovik.
==Election results== {{Election box begin | title=2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}} |- {{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Randy Edmunds|744|49.08%|}} |- {{CANelec |NL |PC |Patty Pottle |586 |38.65% |–}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} |NDP |Alex Saunders |align="right"|186 |align="right"|12.27% |align="right"| |}
{{Election box begin | title=2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}} |- {{CANelec |NL |PC |Patty Pottle |680 |48.82% |–}} |- {{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Danny Dumaresque|604|43.36%|}} |- {{CANelec|NL|Labrador Party|Jimmy Tuttauk|109|7.82%|}} |}<ref name=cbcnews>[http://www.cbc.ca/nlvotes2007/riding/045/ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007]. CBC News.</ref>
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==External links== * [https://archive.today/20130115104648/http://www.newenergynl.ca/our-team/provincial-caucus/patty-pottle/ Patty Pottle's PC Party biography]
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