Stephen Harper's great-great uncle

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Stephen Harper's great-great uncle
                     
Remus Rudd
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/ G6 C/ ~% M& ]/ X; W6 C& p' h. Q- nNo matter what side of the political fence you're on, THIS is FUNNY and
, ^' l! b% g+ R& fVERY 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
6 Z) ~5 ^+ r$ }- L" @2 C- y5 @hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Winnipeg in 1889. Both
( K+ D4 s5 v$ C5 t* `7 ]) o: R3 r! fJudy and Stephen Harper share this common ancestor.
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; U7 u! b( e  PThe only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows at
the Manitoba Provincial Jail.
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On the back of the picture Judy obtained during her research is this
inscription:

5 f( j* w4 O4 m; m& s9 c3 g'Remus Rudd horse thief, sent to Stony Mountain Jail 1885, escaped
1887, robbed the CP AND CN trains six times.

# i* l0 |+ {& O( T- fCaught by Mounted Police Force, convicted and hanged in 1889.'
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, t* F2 ?- x: F) K. ySo Judy recently e-mailed Prime Minister Harper for information about
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3 n, _- B, Q$ I2 q7 iBelieve it or not, Harper's staff sent back the following biographical
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+ R8 N4 |( u3 P3 J! S+ H0 F( T0 H) l"Remus Rudd was famous in Ontario during the mid to late 1800s. His
: V: u% L% n+ T1 y5 O* K) jbusiness empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian
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Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to government
service, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroads.

In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the Mounted
) O0 s- T4 l* J1 w* \' a2 oPolice Force. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic
5 W+ Z. V0 p9 z; ?" P- ~) Z. Rfunction held in his honour when the platform upon which he was standing
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NOW That's how it's done, Folks!
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