Category:Lincoln Alexander

**Lincoln Alexander**
	Canadian politician (1922-2012)
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Date of birth	21 January 1922; Toronto
Date of death	19 October 2012; Hamilton
Country of citizenship	Canada;
Educated at	McMaster University; DeWitt Clinton High School; Riverdale Collegiate Institute;
Occupation	lawyer; politician; autobiographer;
Member of political party	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada;
Position held	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1985–1991); member of the House of Commons of Canada (1968–1980);
Award received	Companion of the Order of Canada; Order of Ontario; Knight of Justice of the Order of Saint John;
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English: Lincoln MacCauley Alexander, PC CC OOnt CD QC, was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons, the federal Minister of Labour, and later as the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, from 1985 to 1991. Among his accomplishments, he was Canada's first black Member of Parliament. He first distinguished himself in service to Canada in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. He also served as chairman of the Ontario Worker's Compensation Board, Chancellor of the University of Guelph and Chair of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. Alexander was appointed to the Order of Ontario and was a Companion of the Order of Canada.