Dorothy Gretchen Steeves

Dorothy Gretchen Steeves

Dorothy Gretchen Steeves (1891–1978[1]) 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.[1] Steeves was a founding member of the CCF.[2] 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.[3] Steeves went on to serve in CCF executives at the provincial and federal levels.[1] She ran unsuccessfully as a CCF candidate in the federal riding of Burnaby—Richmond in 1949[4] and as an NDP candidate in the federal riding of Vancouver Quadra in 1963[5]. Her interests included civil liberties, international affairs, nuclear disarmament, protection of animals, women's issues and abolition of capital punishment.[2]

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.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Dorothy Gretchen Steeves, 1891-1978". University of British Columbia. April 1976. http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/AZ/PDF/S/Steeves_Dorothy_Gretchen.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  2. ^ a b "Dorothy Gretchen Steeves fonds". British Columbia Archival Information Network. http://memorybc.ca/dorothy-gretchen-steeves-fonds;rad. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  3. ^ "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986". Elections BC. http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-27. 
  4. ^ "Burnaby--Richmond, British Columbia (1947 - 1970)". History of Federal Ridings since 1867. Parliament of Canada. http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include=Y&Language=E&rid=90&Search=Det. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 
  5. ^ "Vancouver Quadra, British Columbia (1947 - )". History of Federal Ridings since 1867. Parliament of Canada. http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=763&Include=. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 

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