He held numerous portfolios as a cabinet minister in the governments of Ernest Manning and Harry Strom from 1955 to 1971.

[1] Patrick first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1952 general election, as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Lacombe.

[5] Premier Manning shuffled the cabinet on September 1, 1959, and moved Patrick to the Ministry of Industry and Development.

[6] On October 15, 1962, Patrick was shuffled from the post of Provincial Secretary to the Ministry of Mines and Minerals; he remained the Minister of Industry and Development.

[8] On December 12, 1968 Premier Harry Strom appointed Patrick the Minister of Industry and Tourism, which he held until May 27, 1969.