# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-john-patterson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:33:56.590Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-john-patterson"
name: "William John Patterson"
slug: "william-john-patterson"
description: "William John Patterson was a Liberal politician and the sixth premier of Saskatchewan from 1935 to 1944. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 1921 election. He succeeded James G. Gardiner to become the province's first Saskatchewan-born premier."
tagline: "Canadian politician (1886-1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_John_Patterson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1886-05-13"
deathDate: "1976-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.88
  momentum:             2.229299363057325
  historical:           5.873578666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Patterson"
    title: "William John Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام جون باترسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Patterson"
    title: "William John Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Вільям Джон Паттерсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Patterson"
    title: "William John Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Паттерсон, Уильям Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376983"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump