Dorise Nielson
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She was the first member of the Communist Party of Canada to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons. She won a seat in the 1940 federal election representing North Battleford, Saskatchewan on the "Progressive Unity" label, beating the LIberal candidate in a two-way race.
She ran for re-election in the 1945 election for the Labour Progressive Party (the name the Communist Party used between 1941 and 1959), but came in third behind the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and Liberal candidates with 13% of the vote .
She ran again in the 1953 election, this time in Brantford, Ontario, but came in last place with 216 votes.
According to Eugene Forsey, Nielson ended up in the People's Republic of China, although it is unclear from his account whether she settled there or simply visited. She was also a senior member of the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society in the 1940s.