Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
Remus Rudd

3 u9 y5 w. v. e4 RNo 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
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. q$ J( E7 `- M$ y# ~+ U/ VPrime Minister Stephen Harper's great-great uncle, Remus Rudd, was
9 {; y3 ~2 j5 l( Thanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
Judy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.

. D) e4 s7 r1 z, d$ y! F; h7 F: UThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
3 G$ D7 |# U5 \; t+ athe Manitoba Provincial Jail.
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" R6 O# b2 u" b) 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
1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.
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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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% i2 d) \4 k. ^. v$ g/ `8 L/ M/ FBelieve it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
sketch for her genealogy research:

, e' X  o. P4 Y7 Y, K"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
$ f5 _5 Y8 n7 h# gbusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
$ E* r2 q4 A: P. N# Jassets and intimate dealings with the CP and CN Railways..
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Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
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# J* p9 R7 z5 Z- k* RIn 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
) `0 G# |3 R5 d/ _! Zfunction held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
collapsed."
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NOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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