# William Patrick Jr.

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**William Patrick** (10 May 1880 – 5 August 1968) was an Australian politician who was a [Country Party](/source/National_Party_of_Australia_(WA)) member of the [Legislative Assembly](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly) of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) from 1930 to 1943, representing the [seat of Greenough](/source/Electoral_district_of_Greenough). He was deputy leader of the Country Party from 1936 to 1943.

## Early life

Patrick was born in [Stevenston](/source/Stevenston), [Ayrshire](/source/Ayrshire), Scotland, to Jane (née Walker) and [William Patrick](/source/William_Patrick_Sr.). His father was also a member of parliament. The family moved to Australia in 1881, settling in [Kapunda](/source/Kapunda), South Australia. Patrick attended [Roseworthy Agricultural College](/source/Roseworthy_College), and later joined his father in Western Australia, buying a farm in the [Northampton](/source/Northampton,_Western_Australia) district. He served on the [Northampton Road Board](/source/Shire_of_Northampton) from 1918 to 1930, including as chairman for four years.[1]

## Politics

Patrick first stood for parliament at the [1924 state election](/source/1924_Western_Australian_state_election), but lost to [Labor](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(Western_Australian_Branch))'s [Maurice Kennedy](/source/Maurice_Kennedy_(politician)). He successfully recontested Greenough against Kennedy at the [1930 election](/source/1930_Western_Australian_state_election), and was re-elected three more times (including unopposed [in 1939](/source/1939_Western_Australian_state_election)).[2] In February 1936, Patrick was elected deputy leader of the Country Party under [Charles Latham](/source/Charles_Latham), replacing [Percy Ferguson](/source/Percy_Ferguson). He also became deputy [Leader of the Opposition](/source/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Western_Australia)), as the Country Party had more MPs than the [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Western_Australian_Division)) (their coalition partner) at that point.[3] However, at the [1943 election](/source/1943_Western_Australian_state_election) Patrick unexpectedly lost his seat to a Labor candidate, [John Newton](/source/John_Verdun_Newton). Newton was a 27-year-old serving [RAAF](/source/Royal_Australian_Air_Force) officer, and was [killed in action](/source/Killed_in_action) before taking his place in parliament.[2] Patrick attempted to re-entered parliament at the 1946 [Legislative Council](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council) elections, but lost to [Charles Simpson](/source/Charles_Simpson_(politician)) of the Liberal Party. He eventually retired to Perth, dying there in August 1968 (aged 88). He had married Sarah Maude Sinclair in 1932, but had no children.[1]

## See also

- [Electoral results for the district of Greenough](/source/Electoral_results_for_the_district_of_Greenough)

## References

1. [William Patrick Jr](https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/C8D205B26C020BDE482577E50028A761?OpenDocument) – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

1. Black, David & Prescott, Valerie (1997). *Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996*. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.

1. ["COUNTRY PARTY: NEW DEPUTY-LEADER"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32968958), *[The West Australian](/source/The_West_Australian)*, 22 February 1936.

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