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♀ Dorise Winifred Nielsen
aliasDorise Winifred Nielsen
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 33%
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Canada 1 2 3
Birth 30 July 1902 → 121 years + 8 months ago
Lived 78 years + 4 months
First mandate 26 March 1940 → 84 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 37 years + 7 months
Death 9 December 1980 → 43 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 35 years + 5 months after 10 June 1945
Special notes
None
 
Dorise Winifred Nielsen (1902–1980)
© Photo 17 Feb 1942 The Edmonton Bulletin, p.11 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Nielsen was not only the first woman from Saskatchewan elected to the Canadian Parliament; she was also the first member of the Communist Party to be elected to the Commons — although the party went by various names at the time, such as "Unity" and "United Reform Movement." She represented North Battleford from 1940 until her defeat in the 1945 general election. In 1957, she moved to China and, in 1962, she became a Chinese citizen.
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 2 14

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
5 documented challengers
⊖ James E. Brown  m 
⊖ John H. Harrison  m 
⊖ Frederick W. Townley-Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ Albert C. (Bert) Cadieu  m 
⊖ Cameron R. McIntosh  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 25,642 Votes: 18,368 Participation: 71.63% Candidacies: 2
Federal
19		 Saskatchewan
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23091(F) — 5 Sep 2022 23:10 ET
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 → New to Parliament
Age
37
UNIT
 1/2 10,500 57.16% +2,632 Loser:
LIB
 7,868 42.84% Cameron R. McIntosh

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,307 Votes: 16,004 Participation: 75.11% Candidacies: 6
Federal
20		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23351(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
42
LPP
 3/6 2,124 13.27% -2,925 Winner:
CCF
 5,049 31.55% Frederick W. Townley-Smith
Eligible: 30,875 Votes: 21,700 Participation: 70.28% Candidacies: 4
Federal
22		 Ontario
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23757(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
51
LPP
 4/4 216 1.00% -9,360 Winner:
LIB
 9,576 44.45% James E. Brown

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Nielsen, Dorise Winifred (1902-80)		 24 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Dorise Winifred Nielsen, M.P.		 24 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Dorise Winifred Nielsen, député		 24 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Dorise Nielsen		 24 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Dorise Nielsen		 24 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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