Thomas Aaron Hartt was a farmer, merchant and political figure in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

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, Canada. He represented Charlotte County

Charlotte County, New Brunswick

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 in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 from 1903 to 1911 and Charlotte in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1911 to 1921 as a Conservative

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 and then Unionist

Unionist Party (Canada)

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 member.

He was born in Hartt's Mills, New Brunswick

Fredericton Junction, New Brunswick

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, the son of Aaron Hartt and Mary J. Alexander. He was educated at the normal school

Normal school

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 in Fredericton

Fredericton, New Brunswick

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 and at a business college in Saint John

Saint John, New Brunswick

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. 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.