# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dorise-nielsen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:35:40.735Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dorise-nielsen"
name: "Dorise Nielsen"
slug: "dorise-nielsen"
description: "Dorise Winifred Nielsen was a communist politician, feminist and teacher. She was the first member of the Communist Party of Canada to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada, serving in the House of Commons from 1940 to 1945. Later she moved to the People's Republic of China, where she lived for the final 23 years of her life until her death in 1980."
tagline: "Canadian politician (1902–1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dorise_Nielsen.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1902-07-30"
deathDate: "1980-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.83
  momentum:             2.484848484848485
  historical:           4.614832
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "دوريس نيلسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorise_Nielsen"
    title: "Dorise Nielsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorise_Nielsen"
    title: "Dorise Nielsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorise_Nielsen"
    title: "Dorise Nielsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%80%E0%B5%BD%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%BA"
    title: "ഡോറിസ് നീൽസൺ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5298014"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump