Thomas Aaron Hartt (October 31, 1858 – July 13, 1930
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, Canada. He represented Charlotte County in the

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from 1903 to 1911 and Charlotte in the

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from 1911 to 1921 as a

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and then Unionist member. He was born in Hartt's Mills, New Brunswick, the son of Aaron Hartt and Mary J. Alexander. He was educated at the normal school in

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and at a business college in Saint John. He taught school for a time. In 1881, he married Maud A. Greenlaw. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1899. Hartt resigned his seat in the provincial assembly in 1911 to run for a seat in the House of Commons. He did not run for reelection in 1921.

Electoral history

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