Doreen Lois Dodick (born February 17, 1932) is a former

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, Canada. She was a

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member of the

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from 1981 to 1986. She was born in 1932 in

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, 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. She worked as an organizer for the NDP before entering political life herself. She was a candidate in the south

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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 by 242 votes in a rematch, as the NDP won a majority government under

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. 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

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