Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
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" ~7 g# D5 F. u6 _4 cRemus Rudd

) Y7 `; a* R) p: }! n- Q) n# f0 @* 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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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
5 h5 l7 U. _9 |hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
6 k9 S0 m( Q. bJudy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.

The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
the Manitoba Provincial Jail.
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( b& c) C, b8 ^9 @7 h2 @On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
inscription:

' w6 {0 Q' y8 M4 j7 S1 h'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
0 w# q5 B& D6 S* ^: t1 c1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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+ \/ o( L( {$ ~  y$ ~' d' fCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'
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+ }8 ?- W# ?1 K1 L- `& XSo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
8 x3 y2 X2 p, j7 T" x/ d% Utheir great-great uncle, Remus Rudd.
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Believe it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
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, |0 p1 ]: ]& v- x; a5 X+ U* A"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
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Beginning 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 }" y% o; h, e+ ~3 Q$ v$ N% Y0 K" |function held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
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/ Z& X0 U; R& ?: W; Z) J: DNOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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