Ezekiel Hart

Ezekiel Hart was an entrepreneur and politician in British North America. He is often said to be the first Jew to be elected to public office in the British Empire, though this assertion is discredited by the election of Francis Salvador to the South Carolina General Assembly in 1774.

Hart was born May 15, 1767 at TroisRivires, Quebec, to Aaron Hart and Dorothea Judah. His father was member of the British forces, and a wellknown and successful businessman in Lower Canada.

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