| Dorothy Steeves | |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
| Predecessor: | Harley Anderson |
| Successor: | John Henry Cates |
| Term Start: | 1934 |
| Term End: | 1945 |
| Constituency: | North Vancouver |
| Birth Name: | Dorothy Gretchen Biersteker |
| Birth Date: | May 26, 1891 |
| Birth Place: | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Death Place: | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Spouse: | Rufus Palmer Steeves |
| Party: | British Columbia CCF |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
Dorothy Gretchen Steeves (née Biersteker; May 26, 1891 – May 9, 1978) was a Dutch-born political figure in British Columbia. She represented North Vancouver in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1934 to 1945 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member.
She was born in Amsterdam and was educated there, receiving a Bachelor of Laws degree from Leiden University. During World War I, she was legal adviser to a Dutch government rationing bureau. She married Rufus Palmer Steeves, an officer in the Canadian Army, and came to Vancouver, British Columbia in January 1919. Steeves was a founding member of the CCF. She ran unsuccessfully as a CCF candidate in the provincial riding of Vancouver-Point Grey in the 1933 general election. Steeves was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1934 by-election held following the death of Harley Christian Erskine Anderson. She was re-elected twice and then defeated when she ran for re-election in 1945.[1] Steeves went on to serve in CCF executives at the provincial and federal levels.[2] She ran unsuccessfully as a CCF candidate in the federal riding of Burnaby—Richmond in 1949[3] and as an NDP candidate in the federal riding of Vancouver Quadra in 1963.[4] Provincially, she was also defeated in a 1946 byelection, the 1952 and 1953 provincial elections, and a 1956 provincial byelection. Her interests included civil liberties, international affairs, nuclear disarmament, protection of animals, women's issues and abolition of capital punishment.[5] She died on May 9, 1978.[6]
Steeves wrote The Compassionate Rebel : Ernest E. Winch and his times, published in 1960, and Builders and Rebels : A short History of the CCF from 1932 to 1961.[2]