Dorothy Ina Elgiva Dobbie was born on 5 January 1945 and is a Canadian businesswoman and former politician.
16 Facts About Dorothy Dobbie
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Dorothy Dobbie served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
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Dorothy Dobbie was the first woman to serve as president of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce.
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In 2012, Dorothy Dobbie was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for her contributions and achievements as a Canadian citizen.
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Dorothy Dobbie was elected to the House of Commons in the 1988 election, defeating Liberal candidate Allan Kaufman by 715 votes to win the federal riding of Winnipeg South, re-created by the federal electoral boundary redistribution of 1987.
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The Progressive Conservatives won a majority government in the election, and Dorothy Dobbie entered parliament as a government backbencher.
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Dorothy Dobbie served as parliamentary secretary to seven different ministers between 1989 and 1993, and was a member of fifteen committees.
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Dorothy Dobbie acted as Co-Chair, alongside Claude Castonguay, on the Special Joint Committee on a Renewed Canada, and the committee's recommendations on constitutional reform later formed the basis of the government's 1992 Charlottetown Accord, which was defeated in a national referendum.
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Dorothy Dobbie supported Jean Charest's bid to succeed Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as Progressive Conservative leader in 1993, and retained her own nomination for the next federal election over a challenge from Charles Maximilian.
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Dorothy Dobbie lost her candidate's deposit, receiving 6,432 votes for a third-place finish against Liberal Reg Alcock.
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Dorothy Dobbie called for the abolition of the Senate of Canada.
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When Sinclair Stevens, another former Progressive Conservative MP, launched an ultimately unsuccessful lawsuit to try to block the merger, Dorothy Dobbie was one of eleven other party members who openly backed the Affidavit.
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Dorothy Dobbie helped to found Pegasus Publications Inc in 1996, and still serves as its president.
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Dorothy Dobbie is the publisher of Manitoba Gardener, Ontario Gardener and Alberta Gardener magazines, and has written several articles on gardening.
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In 1997, Dorothy Dobbie was appointed to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, Prairie Region.
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In 2004, Dorothy Dobbie was appointed a board member of Tree Canada.