Audrey Marie Cleary (née Boucher; June 1, 1930 – February 5, 2019) was a Democratic-NPL politician who represented District 49 in the

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from 1991 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2003.

Biography

Audrey Marie Boucher was born in

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in 1930. She graduated from the

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in 1952 and worked as a

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nurse for several years. In 1954, she married Joseph Cleary with whom she moved to

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the next year. The Clearys raised eleven children in Bismarck. After all her children had moved out, Audrey Cleary, a longtime supporter of the Democratic–NPL Party, ran for her local seat in the North Dakota State House of Representatives. She won her election and served in the 1991–1992 legislative session alongside

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and Jon Martinson. In 2004, after North Dakota legislative district lines were redrawn, she was defeated in the new District 35 by Republican opponent Margaret Sitte. Audrey Boucher died in Bismarck on February 7, 2019, aged 88.

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