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George Morton Paterson (1935-2019) was born in Unity, Saskatchewan and raised in Sudbury, Ontario where he graduated from high school. He received a B.A. (Honours) in Philosophy from McMaster University in 1957, an M.A. in Philosophy from the State University of Iowa in 1959, a B.D. from Victoria University in 1962, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Toronto in 1971. He was ordained in the United Church of Canada in 1963. From 1963-1966 he was a Minister at Mindemoya (Manitoulin) Pastoral Charge. From 1968-80 he worked in the Department of Philosophy at Laurentian University. Morton ran as Sudbury’s New Democratic Candidate in the Federal Election of 1979. From 1980-1984 he worked as a Mission Officer for Hamilton Conference. In 1984 he received the McGeachy Memorial Senior Research Scholarship and for two years did research on theology of criminal justice and prison ministry. From 1986-1987 he was an Interim Minister at Harcourt Memorial United Church in Guelph. From 1987-1991 he was a Minister at East Plains United Church in Burlington, and from 1991-1992 was a part time Minister at Melrose United in Hamilton. He retired in 1993 and continued work related to family violence and criminal justice, and served as a part time minister at Headford United Church in Richmond Hill.