[2] Patrick first contested the 1891 North-West Territories general election in the Wallace electoral district, finishing second to Joel Reaman.

[3] Patrick stepped down from the Assembly in 1904 to run in the 1904 Canadian federal election and bring forward the issue of provincial status for the North-West Territories.

Shortly after accepting the Conservative nomination, Laurier announced that the Dominion government would provide province status to the North-West Territories.

[4] Patrick finished a distant second in the Mackenzie electoral district to Liberal Edward L. Cash, who was also a doctor in Yorkton.

[2][6] Patrick delivered the first child born in the province of Saskatchewan after entering Confederation a few seconds after midnight on September 1, 1905.