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Place of Birth: Biggar, Saskatchewan, Canada
About Pat Atkinson
- Patricia "Pat" Atkinson (born September 27, 1952) is a Canadian provincial politician.
- She was a Saskatchewan New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1986 to 2011, and is currently the longest-serving female MLA in Saskatchewan's history.She was born in Biggar, Saskatchewan, the daughter of Roy Atkinson, and received degrees in arts and education from the University of Saskatchewan.
- She worked as a teacher therapist and school principal for the Radius Community School in Saskatoon.
- Atkinson also served on the board of the Saskatoon Community Clinic.She ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Saskatchewan assembly in 1982.
- Atkinson was first elected in 1986, while the NDP was still in opposition.
- When the party was elected to government in the 1991 provincial election, she held a number of major cabinet positions, including minister of social services, health, education, Crown corporations, and finance.
- She was a supporter of Lorne Calvert and helped him win the party leadership in 2001.
- After the NDP was defeated in the 2007 election, she served as deputy leader of the opposition.
- Atkinson announced her retirement on January 11, 2011.
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