Lincoln Alexander

Lincoln MacCauley Alexander, PC CC OOnt CD QC (21 Januar 1922 – 19 October 2012), wis the the 24t Lieutenant Govrenor o Ontario, Canadae frae 1985 til 1991. Alexander wis a Govrenor o the Canadian Unity Cooncil anaw.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, tae Wast Indian immigrants, Lincoln Alexander furst distinguisht hissel in the Ryal Canadian Air Force durin the Seicont Warld War. He graduatit fae Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto in 1953.^[1]

In 1968, he wis eleckit tae the Canadian Hoose o Commons as the Hamilton Wast representative fur the Progressive Conservative Pairty o Canadae, becomin Canadae's furst black Member o Pairlament.^[2] He haudit the seat fur fower successive elections.