Political Candidate
Ducharme ran for the Transcona-Springfield school board in 1980 and 1992, and for the Transcona ward on Winnipeg City Council in 1983 and 1986. She was considered a fringe candidate, and was defeated each time.
Ducharme supported Susan Thompson's bid to become Mayor of Winnipeg in 1992, but was later strongly critical of Thompson's record in office. She was Thompson's first declared challenger in the 1995 municipal election. Ducharme said that her top priority was creating a youth advisory committee of city council, and she also criticized Thompson for not having done more to promote downtown business. She was again considered a fringe candidate, and finished well behind the frontrunners.
She campaigned for the Transcona ward again in 1998, finishing second to Shirley Timm-Rudolph. During the election, she spoke against youth curfews and the sale of Winnipeg Hydro.
Ducharme also sought election to the Canadian House of Commons as an independent candidate in 1997 and 2000. She planned to run for mayor again in 2002, but withdrew due to health problems. She had intended to run in another municipal by-election shortly before her death.
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