Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
Remus Rudd

, |7 Y# O3 h) n: GNo matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and
VERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at the same things.
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1 k5 x' j0 L  U1 s8 f- PJudy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
1 z5 E: X, D7 B7 }8 dPrime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
Judy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.
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2 y6 t6 J8 ~( I8 V# e' R) iThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
the Manitoba Provincial Jail.


$ u! F* F9 G" r1 x) F- yOn the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
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'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
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Caught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

So Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
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Believe it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
sketch for her genealogy research:

1 Y) [. q# D2 J- R5 f"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
7 R) C% d4 ]0 {4 bbusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
assets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..
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# z: z! M4 j: OBeginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
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In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
Police Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
2 u/ b4 a3 y+ N& e! [function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
collapsed."

NOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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