CNHS - Ezekiel Hart
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N 46° 20.642 W 072° 32.504
18T E 689163 N 5135209
Cette plaque, en hommage à Ezekiel Hart, est située sur la rue Hart, à Trois-Rivières. This plaque, in tribute to Ezekiel Hart, is located on rue Hart, in Trois-Rivières.
Waymark Code: WMECZP
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 05/09/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member BCandMsKitty
Views: 41

The texte sur la plaque se lit comme suit:
Membre d'une éminente famille, Ezekiel Hart devint, en 1807, le premier Juif élu député à l'Assemblée législative du Bas-Canada. Le fait que ce brillant homme d'affaires ne put siéger malgré sa victoire mit en évidence les limites des droits politiques des Juifs à cette époque. Il en résulta un débat sur l'émancipation politique de ces derniers que les fils de Hart, Samuel Becancour et Aaron Ezekiel, contribuèrent à clore. En effet, leurs pétitions déposées en 1828 et en 1831 aboutirent à la promulgation, en 1832, d'une loi garantissant les libertés civiles et politiques des Juifs au Bas-Canada.
The text on the plaque reads as follows:
In 1807, Ezekiel Hart, a member of a prominent family, became the first Jew ever elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. Despite his victory, this brilliant businessman could not take his seat in the Assembly, highlighting the limited political rights of Jews at the time. A debate on Jewish political emancipation ensued, which Hart's sons, Samuel Becancour and Aaron Ezekiel, helped bring to a successful conclusion. Petitions they submitted in 1828 and 1831 led to the passage in 1832 of an act granting civil and political rights to Jews in Lower Canada.
Classification: National Historic Person

Province or Territory: Quebec

Location - City name/Town name: Trois-Rivières

Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]

Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: Not listed

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