Severin Ducharme (November 26, 1866 – December 30, 1952) was an

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real estate and insurance agent and political figure. He represented Essex North in the

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as a

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member from 1914 to 1919. He was born in Joliette County,(at St Felix de Valois?)

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, the son of Pierre Ducharme, and came to Belle River, Rochester Township in

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with his family in 1874. Ducharme taught school in Belle River for two years. He then went to

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, where he worked as a book keeper at a lumber mill for four years before returning to Belle River. After teaching for seven more years, he bought a farm. Ducharme married Marie Mousseau in 1891. In 1895, he became clerk for the township. He qualified to practice as a

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and, in 1902, was named a justice of the peace. He was named clerk in a division court for Essex County in 1906. He was also an auctioneer. Ducharme served as secretary and treasurer for the local separate school board. He died December 30, 1952.

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''Commemorative biographical record of the county of Essex, Ontario ...'' (1905)
1866 births 1952 deaths Franco-Ontarian people Ontario Liberal Party MPPs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{Liberal-Ontario-MPP-stub