| ←Author Index: Ha | Ezekiel Hart (1767–1843) |
| 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. Francophone 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". — Excerpted from Ezekiel Hart on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. |
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Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas. |
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