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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle% D- A3 \; ]# f4 d0 H
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Remus Rudd
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& X: M3 x% `9 y- I1 Q, i9 hNo matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and6 r- Z4 n8 P- o% @
VERY telling! It just all depends on how you look at the same things.- e" b; Q# R) g, w* C
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Judy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was3 j. y; G$ x" e
doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that) `( K$ {! K9 H, Y9 d0 s: ?  i
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was: G- \# q" \  L
hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
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5 S8 `  Z0 n8 F% _2 P" m) c3 x% bThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
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On 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, escaped2 `0 h. x- r! r
1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.2 ]5 D$ r' L4 c; z5 V% c1 K

! e5 g( g" ?5 ~; QCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'
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' W& |& |1 w% O. n7 zSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
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) s) v; g* L* W+ PBelieve it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical8 I/ ?! w* q3 @) o5 B
sketch for her genealogy research:
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"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His- v9 F  m6 p; b: i( N1 E
business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian; q) b/ j; L  o" O  |' v8 U  `
assets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways.." j0 T7 q" {1 ~  T/ r" ^2 w4 v

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: ?$ c; n# G  R& a% {0 c' H6 U( rBeginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
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5 v/ O: ^2 c- J$ x) V" _  ?+ {In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted( U0 i+ I4 N% M. P; l( {
Police Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
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NOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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