Dorothy Steeves, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Dorothy Steeves

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 26-May-1891

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 09-May-1978

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Dorothy Steeves

  • Dorothy Gretchen Steeves (May 26, 1891 – May 9, 1978) was a Dutch-born political figure in British Columbia.
  • She represented North Vancouver in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1934 to 1945 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member. She was born Dorothy Gretchen Biersteker in Amsterdam and was educated there, receiving a Bachelor of Laws degree from Leiden University.
  • During World War I, she was legal adviser to a Dutch government rationing bureau.
  • She married Rufus Palmer Steeves, an officer in the Canadian Army, and came to Vancouver, British Columbia in January 1919.
  • Steeves was a founding member of the CCF.
  • She ran unsuccessfully as a CCF candidate in the provincial riding of Vancouver-Point Grey in the 1933 general election.
  • Steeves was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1934 by-election held following the death of Harley Christian Erskine Anderson.
  • She was reelected twice and then defeated when she ran for reelection in 1945.
  • Steeves went on to serve in CCF executives at the provincial and federal levels.
  • She ran unsuccessfully as a CCF candidate in the federal riding of Burnaby—Richmond in 1949 and as an NDP candidate in the federal riding of Vancouver Quadra in 1963.
  • Her interests included civil liberties, international affairs, nuclear disarmament, protection of animals, women's issues and abolition of capital punishment.
  • She died on May 9, 1978.Steeves wrote The Compassionate Rebel : Ernest E.
  • Winch and his times, published in 1960, and Builders and Rebels : A short History of the CCF from 1932 to 1961.

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