Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
Remus Rudd

* o  W% K1 E" `& S  E% J4 q! ]% qNo 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.

Judy Harper an amateur genealogy researcher in Northern Ontario, was
doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that
Prime 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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- b/ }# {) a4 P/ A' g" iThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
the Manitoba Provincial Jail.
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; M) y& g0 i' c& l$ h# @- AOn the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
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5 Y) r: Z% C4 x/ v; C2 S'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
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" }: i2 J/ R& S' mCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'

* f; i, I% h; S1 zSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
; i$ @4 t; ~+ Xtheir great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.

5 ?7 x2 W3 U) A! ]Believe it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
sketch for her genealogy research:
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9 y/ N) d' w! H7 Z; {8 d5 h% ]"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
* z8 m" J2 k$ |0 d4 sbusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
assets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..


& ?. V! Z: v! L6 U  M/ U6 r& cBeginning 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
" S5 U. x8 Q3 d( A3 p# Z; mfunction held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
5 x. @# q; j/ ~) Pcollapsed."
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% H/ {/ @, p/ P+ _NOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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