FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY Investment Company Act file number: 811-7590 John Hancock Patriot Preferred Dividend Fund - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 601 Congress Street Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) Noel Maffucci 601 Congress Street Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name and address of agent for service) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 1-800-225-5291 Date of Fiscal year-end: May 31 Date of reporting period: 07/01/2006 - 06/30/2007 Item 1. Proxy Voting Record ========================== PATRIOT PREFERRED DIVIDEND ========================== ALLIANT ENERGY CORP. Ticker: LNT Security ID: 018802108 Meeting Date: MAY 10, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 20, 2007 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director James A. Leach For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Michael L. Bennett For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Darryl B. Hazel For For Management 1.4 Elect Director David A. Perdue For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Judith D. Pyle For Withhold Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AT&T INC Ticker: T Security ID: 00206R102 Meeting Date: JUL 21, 2006 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: JUN 1, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AT&T INC Ticker: T Security ID: 00206R102 Meeting Date: APR 27, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 28, 2007 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director William F. Aldinger III For For Management 2 Elect Director Gilbert F. Amelio For For Management 3 Elect Director Reuben V. Anderson For For Management 4 Elect Director James H. Blanchard For For Management 5 Elect Director August A. Busch III For For Management 6 Elect Director James P. Kelly For For Management 7 Elect Director Charles F. Knight For For Management 8 Elect Director Jon C. Madonna For For Management 9 Elect Director Lynn M. Martin For For Management 10 Elect Director John B. McCoy For For Management 11 Elect Director Mary S. Metz For For Management 12 Elect Director Toni Rembe For For Management 13 Elect Director Joyce M. Roche For For Management 14 Elect Director Randall L. Stephenson For For Management 15 Elect Director Laura D' Andrea Tyson For For Management 16 Elect Director Patricia P. Upton For For Management 17 Elect Director Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. For For Management 18 Ratify Auditors For For Management 19 Compensation Specific-Severance Payments For For Management to Executives 20 Report on Political Contributions Against Abstain Shareholder 21 Amend Articles/Bylaws/Charter - Call Against For Shareholder Special Meetings 22 Pay For Superior Performance Against Against Shareholder 23 Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Against For Shareholder Officers' Compensation 24 Establish SERP Policy Against Against Shareholder - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOMINION RESOURCES, INC. Ticker: D Security ID: 25746U109 Meeting Date: APR 27, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 23, 2007 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Peter W. Brown For For Management 1.2 Elect Director George A. Davidson, Jr. For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Thomas F. Farrell, II For For Management 1.4 Elect Director John W. Harris For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Robert S. Jepson, Jr. For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Mark J. Kington For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Benjamin J. Lambert, III For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Margaret A. McKenna For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Frank S. Royal, M.D. For For Management 1.10 Elect Director David A. Wollard For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Against Abstain Shareholder 4 Report on Impact of Utilizing National Against Abstain Shareholder Interest Electric Transmission Corridor - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DTE ENERGY CO. Ticker: DTE Security ID: 233331107 Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 9, 2007 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Anthony F. Earley, Jr. For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Allan D. Gilmour For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Frank M. Hennessey For For Management 1.4 Elect Director Gail J. McGovern For For Management 1.5 Elect Director James H. Vandenberghe For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTEGRYS ENERGY GROUP INC Ticker: TEG Security ID: 45822P105 Meeting Date: MAY 17, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 22, 2007 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Pastora San Juan Cafferty For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Ellen Carnahan For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Michael E. Lavin For For Management 1.4 Elect Director William F. Protz, Jr. For For Management 1.5 Elect Director Larry L. Weyers For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For Against Management 3 Amend Deferred Compensation Plan For For Management 4 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KEYSPAN CORPORATION Ticker: KSE Security ID: 49337W100 Meeting Date: AUG 17, 2006 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: JUL 3, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management 2.1 Elect Director Robert B. Catell For For Management 2.2 Elect Director Andrea S. Christensen For For Management 2.3 Elect Director Robert J. Fani For For Management 2.4 Elect Director Alan H. Fishman For For Management 2.5 Elect Director James R. Jones For For Management 2.6 Elect Director James L. Larocca For For Management 2.7 Elect Director Gloria C. Larson For For Management 2.8 Elect Director Stephen W. Mckessy For For Management 2.9 Elect Director Edward D. Miller For For Management 2.10 Elect Director Vikki L. Pryor For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management 4 Adopt Simple Majority Vote Requirement Against For Shareholder - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISOURCE INC. Ticker: NI Security ID: 65473P105 Meeting Date: MAY 8, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 13, 2007 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Elect Director Steven C. Beering For For Management 2 Elect Director Dennis E. Foster For For Management 3 Elect Director Marty K. Kittrell For For Management 4 Elect Director Peter McCausland For For Management 5 Elect Director Steven R. McCracken For For Management 6 Elect Director W. Lee Nutter For For Management 7 Elect Director Ian M. Rolland For For Management 8 Elect Director Robert C. Skaggs, Jr For For Management 9 Elect Director Richard L. Thompson For For Management 10 Elect Director Carolyn Y. Woo For For Management 11 Elect Director Roger A. Young For For Management 12 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NSTAR Ticker: NST Security ID: 67019E107 Meeting Date: MAY 3, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 6, 2007 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Gary L. Countryman For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Daniel Dennis For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Thomas J. May For For Management 2 Approve Omnibus Stock Plan For For Management 3 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PEOPLES ENERGY CORP. Ticker: PGL Security ID: 711030106 Meeting Date: DEC 6, 2006 Meeting Type: Special Record Date: OCT 16, 2006 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1 Approve Merger Agreement For For Management 2 Adjourn Meeting For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCANA CORPORATION Ticker: SCG Security ID: 80589M102 Meeting Date: APR 26, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 9, 2007 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director W. Hayne Hipp For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Harold C. Stowe For For Management 1.3 Elect Director G. Smedes York For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TECO ENERGY, INC. Ticker: TE Security ID: 872375100 Meeting Date: MAY 2, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: FEB 23, 2007 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director Joseph P. Lacher For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Tom L. Rankin For For Management 1.3 Elect Director William D. Rockford For For Management 1.4 Elect Director J. Thomas Touchton For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- XCEL ENERGY INC. Ticker: XEL Security ID: 98389B100 Meeting Date: MAY 23, 2007 Meeting Type: Annual Record Date: MAR 29, 2007 # Proposal Mgt Rec Vote Cast Sponsor 1.1 Elect Director C. Coney Burgess For For Management 1.2 Elect Director Fredric W. Corrigan For For Management 1.3 Elect Director Richard K. Davis For Withhold Management 1.4 Elect Director Roger R. Hemminghaus For For Management 1.5 Elect Director A. Barry Hirschfeld For For Management 1.6 Elect Director Richard C. Kelly For For Management 1.7 Elect Director Douglas W. Leatherdale For For Management 1.8 Elect Director Albert F. Moreno For For Management 1.9 Elect Director Margaret R. Preska For For Management 1.10 Elect Director A. Patricia Sampson For For Management 1.11 Elect Director Richard H. Truly For For Management 1.12 Elect Director David A. Westerlund For For Management 1.13 Elect Director Timothy V. Wolf For For Management 2 Ratify Auditors For For Management 3 Separate Chairman and CEO Positions Against Against Shareholder 4 Pay For Superior Performance Against Against Shareholder Any ballot marked 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted. Ballots marked 'Abstain' are considered to be have been voted against management's recommendation, regardless of whether the recommendation is 'For' or 'Against,' except where management has made no recommendation or has recommended that shareholders 'Abstain.' Where management has recommended that shareholders 'Abstain' from voting on a ballot item: 1) a ballot market 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted for management's recommendation to 'Abstain' and 2) a ballot voted 'For" or 'Against' is considered to have been voted against management's recommendation to 'Abstain.' Where management has made no recommendation on a ballot item, the abbreviation "N/A" is used to denote that there is no applicable recommendation compared to which a vote may be 'For' or 'Against' the recommendation of management. SIGNATURES: Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. John Hancock Patriot Preferred Dividend Fund - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Registrant) By: /s/Keith F. Hartstein --------------------- Keith F. Hartstein President and Chief Executive Officer Date: August 27, 2007