Ezekiel Hart
Businessperson, Politician
1767 – 1843
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Who was Ezekiel Hart?
Ezekiel Hart was a Jewish Canadian entrepreneur and politician, and the first Jew to be elected to public office in the British Empire.
He was elected three times by the voters of Trois-Rivières to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. Some members consistently prevented him from taking his seat by observing that as a Jew, he could not take the oath of office, which included the phrase "on the true faith of a Christian".
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- Born
- May 15, 1767
Trois-Rivières - Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Died
- Sep 16, 1843
Trois-Rivières
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on July 23, 2013
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