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{{Infobox politician|birth_name=Doris Webber|birth_date=July 30, 1902|birth_place=London, England, [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922)|United Kingdom]]|death_date=December 9, 1980|death_place=[[Beijing]], [[China]]|nationality=[[Canadian]]|political_party=[[Communist Party of Canada]]|image=Dorise Nielsen.png}}

'''Dorise Winifred Nielsen''' (30 July 1902 – 9 December 1980) was a Canadian [[Communism|communist]] and the first Communist MP in Canadian history.

== Early life ==
Nielsen was born in London, England in 1902 and settled in Saskatchewan in 1927.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Mike Wu|newspaper=[[People's Voice]]|title=Dorise Nielsen: groundbreaking communist MP in Canada, people’s hero in China|date=2022-10-26|url=https://pvonline.ca/2022/10/26/dorise-nielsen-groundbreaking-communist-mp-in-canada-peoples-hero-in-china/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028210244/https://pvonline.ca/2022/10/26/dorise-nielsen-groundbreaking-communist-mp-in-canada-peoples-hero-in-china/|archive-date=2022-10-28|retrieved=2022-12-22}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Nielsen was radicalized during the [[Great Depression]]. She became associated with the [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] and joined the CPC after hearing General Secretary [[Tim Buck]] speak. In 1937, she helped raise money for the [[International Brigades]]. In 1940, she ran as a member of the [[United Progressive Movement]] in North Battleford and defeated [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] incumbent [[Cameron Ross McIntosh]]. She joined the [[Labor-Progressive Party]] after the CPC was banned. As an MP, she promoted [[Universal healthcare|public healthcare]] and daycare for children. She lost her seat in 1945 and later helped found the [[Congress of Canadian Women]].<ref name=":0" />

== Later life ==
Nielsen moved to the People's Republic of China in 1957. She worked as a translator and became a Chinese citizen in 1962. She died in Bejing in 1980.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
[[Category:Members of the Communist Party of Canada]]
[[Category:Canadian communists]]
[[Category:Politicians]]

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