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The youngest Connick child, Ann Elizabeth Connick Stansberry (1964-2017), Patrick's sister, was a nurse in Gretna who worked for fifteen years at West Jefferson Hospital and in 2000 became the director of nursing at St. Margaret's Daughter's Nursing Home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/ann-stansberry/annstansberry?valid=true&|title=Ann Stansberry|publisher=Mylife|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?pid=187404222|title=Ann Stansberry obituary|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=Februray 8, 2020}}</ref>

The youngest Connick child, Ann Elizabeth Connick Stansberry (1964-2017), Patrick's sister, was a nurse in Gretna who worked for fifteen years at West Jefferson Hospital and in 2000 became the director of nursing at St. Margaret's Daughter's Nursing Home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/ann-stansberry/annstansberry?valid=true&|title=Ann Stansberry|publisher=Mylife|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?pid=187404222|title=Ann Stansberry obituary|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|accessdate=Februray 8, 2020}}</ref>

His older brother is Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick, Jr. (born 1954), a Democrat. Patrick Connick is a nephew of former Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry Fowler Connick, Sr., the former Orleans Parish district attorney who ran in 1987 in a bid to unseat then state Attorney General [[William J. Guste]], also of New Orleans and both Democrats. Patrick Connick is a first cousin of [[actor]]/[[singer]] Harry Connick, Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521065610/http://thejeffersonreport.com/?p=1290|author=Jeremy Alford|title=The Connick Connections|date=August 27, 2010|publisher=Thejeffersonreport.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref><ref name=findagrave/>​

His older brother is Jefferson Parish District Attorney Paul Connick, Jr. (born 1954), a Democrat. Patrick Connick is a nephew of former Orleans Parish District Attorney Harry Fowler Connick, Sr., the former Orleans Parish district attorney who ran in 1987 in a bid to unseat then state Attorney General [[William J. Guste]], also of New Orleans and both Democrats. Patrick Connick is a first cousin of [[singer]] Harry Connick, Jr., who like his father is a [[musician]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521065610/http://thejeffersonreport.com/?p=1290|author=Jeremy Alford|title=The Connick Connections|date=August 27, 2010|publisher=Thejeffersonreport.com|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref><ref name=findagrave/>​

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In 1979, Connick graduated from the Catholic Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983 from Loyola University in New Orleans. Ten years later, in 1993, Connick received his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the Loyola  College of Law.<ref name=memberpage>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianagovernmentalstudies.com/mymob/ConnickPatrick.html|title=Rep. Patrick Connick|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>​

In 1979, Connick graduated from the Catholic Archbishop Shaw High School in Marrero. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1983 from Loyola University in New Orleans. Ten years later, in 1993, Connick received his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the Loyola  College of Law.<ref name=memberpage>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianagovernmentalstudies.com/mymob/ConnickPatrick.html|title=Rep. Patrick Connick|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>​

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==Political life==

==Political life==

For his first term in the House, Connick, who had no previous political experience, ran without opposition in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 20, 2007, for the seat vacated by the three-term Democrat Nuncio J. Damico (born c. 1938).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> He served on these House committees: (1) Appropriations, (2) Governmental Affairs, (3) Judiciary, (4) Executive, and (5) Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.<ref name=house/>

For his first term in the House, Connick, who had no previous political experience, ran without opposition in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 20, 2007, for the seat vacated by the three-term Democrat Nuncio J. Damico (born c. 1938).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 20, 2007.</ref> He served on these House committees: (1) Appropriations, (2) Governmental Affairs, (3) Judiciary, (4) Executive, and (5) Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.<ref name=house/>