Doreen Dodick

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2011}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| birth_name=Doreen Lois Oehlerking

| birth_date={{birth date and age|1932|2|17}}

| birth_place=Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

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| spouse={{marriage|John Dodick|1952}}

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| assembly = Manitoba Legislative

| constituency_AM = Riel

| term_start=1969

| term_end=1981

| predecessor=Donald Craik

| successor=Gerry Ducharme

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| party= New Democratic Party of Manitoba

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Doreen Lois Dodick (born February 17, 1932) is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada.{{cite book|last=Doern|first=Russell|title=The battle over bilingualism: the Manitoba language question, 1983-85|url=https://archive.org/details/battleoverbiling0000doer|url-access=registration|accessdate=11 April 2011|year=1985|publisher=Cambridge Publishers|isbn=978-0-9692313-1-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/battleoverbiling0000doer/page/179 179]|quote=Riel MLA Doreen Dodick was warned that 80% of those who signed wanted her to vote against the government's legislation. }}{{cite book|last=Stewart|first=Ian|title=Just one vote: from Jim Walding's nomination to constitutional defeat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GWq3yPyk4JgC&pg=PA267|accessdate=11 April 2011|date=2009-04-30|publisher=Univ. of Manitoba Press|isbn=978-0-88755-711-8|page=267}} She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1986.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/mla_bio_living.html#d |title=MLA Biographies - Living |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |accessdate=2014-03-20}}

She was born in 1932 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, the daughter of Edward John Oehlerking and Ima Cathine Annable, was educated in Saskatchewan, and subsequently moved to Manitoba. In 1952, she married John Dodick.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |year=1984 |last=Normandin |first=Pierre G}} She worked as an organizer for the NDP before entering political life herself.

She was a candidate in the south Winnipeg riding of Riel in the provincial election of 1977, but lost to Tory incumbent Donald Craik by almost 4,000 votes. Four years later, in the provincial election of 1981, she defeated Craik{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HUZgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A3ENAAAAIBAJ&pg=1033,4454887&dq=doreen+dodick&hl=en|title=Women cabinet ministers veteran workers for NDP|date=14 December 1981|work=Star-Phonenix|page=A6|accessdate=11 April 2011}} by 242 votes{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/riel-1.1020106 |title=Riel |work=Manitoba |publisher=CBC News |accessdate=2014-03-20}} in a rematch, as the NDP won a majority government under Howard Pawley. She was not appointed to cabinet.

In the 1986 election, Dodick lost to Tory challenger Gerry Ducharme by over 700 votes. She has not sought a return to provincial politics since this time. In the provincial election of 1999, she supported Linda Asper's campaign in the Riel riding.

In 2002, Dodick supported Bill Blaikie's bid to lead the federal New Democratic Party.