Dorothy Catherine Jelicich was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
10 Facts About Dorothy Jelicich
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Dorothy Jelicich served one term in the House of Representatives representing the Hamilton West electorate, and was afterwards a city councillor in Hamilton and then Manukau.
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Dorothy Jelicich stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for Hauraki in 1969.
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Dorothy Jelicich became the first woman in New Zealand parliamentary history to open the Address-in-Reply debate.
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Dorothy Jelicich lost to Gerald O'Brien, placing second in the delegate ballot with a credible 344 votes to O'Brien's 585.
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Dorothy Jelicich had the backing of both the outgoing MP Colin Moyle, Labour leader Bill Rowling, but regardless she lost out to future Prime Minister David Lange.
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Dorothy Jelicich contested the Hamilton West electorate once more in the 1978 election.
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Dorothy Jelicich briefly served on the Hamilton City Council after winning a by-election in 1979.
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Dorothy Jelicich unsuccessfully stood for the Labour nomination at the 1980 Onehunga by-election.
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Dorothy Jelicich died on 10 April 2015 at Middlemore Hospital, Auckland at the age of 87, having been predeceased by her husband in October the previous year.