Walter-Patrice O'Leary
| Walter-Patrice O'Leary | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 July 1910 Berthierville, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 13 September 1989 (aged 79) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Spouse(s) | Gratia Parent |
| Parent(s) | Émile O'Leary Fébronie Dostaler |
Walter-Patrice O'Leary (3 July 1910 – 13 September 1989) was a Canadian journalist, political activist and trade unionist.
O'Leary was born in Berthierville, Quebec on 3 July 1910. He attended the Collège Saint-Joseph in Berthierville before travelling to Belgium to study at a Roman Catholic seminary in Wavre. Later, he attended the Institut supérieur de commerce Saint-Louis in Brussels, where he earned a license in commercial sciences, and completed licenses in consular and maritime sciences at the Institut Saint-Ignace in Antwerp. O'Leary also studied at the École Libre des Sciences Politiques in Paris and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico City), where he earned a license in philosophy and a Master of Arts in Spanish.
While in Europe, O'Leary was vice president of the Foyer international des étudiants catholiques (France) and a member of the Mission universitaire catholique française and the Jeunesse universitaire catholique. In 1931, he founded the Action politique internationale des universitaires catholiques (Belgique). After returning from Europe, he became a journalist for L'Ordre.
O'Leary was a Quebec nationalist. With his brother Émile-Dostaler, he co-founded the Young Patriots of French Canada (French: Jeunesses patriotes du Canada français) and the Knights of the Round Table of Canada (French: Chevaliers de la table ronde du Canada) in 1935, and the Cultural Union of Mexico–French Canada (French: Union culturelle Mexique-Canada français), which was later renamed the Union of Latin America (French: Union des Latins d'Amérique), in 1939. Also in 1939, he founded the Bureau de liaison Paris-Montréal.
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