Ezekiel Hart Politician
Ezekiel Hart (May 15, 1767 – September 16, 1843) was an entrepreneur and politician in British North America. He is said to be the first Jew to be elected to public office in the British Empire, but this assertion is made questionable by the election of the Jewish Francis Salvador to the South Carolina General Assembly in 1774.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".
