Lincoln Alexander
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The Honourable Lincoln Alexander PC CC OOnt CD QC |
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| 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario | |
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In office September 20, 1985 – December 10, 1991 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Jeanne Sauvé Ray Hnatyshyn |
| Premier |
David Peterson Bob Rae |
| Preceded by | John Black Aird |
| Succeeded by | Hal Jackman |
| Minister of Labour | |
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In office June 4, 1979 – March 2, 1980 |
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| Prime Minister | Joe Clark |
| Preceded by | Martin O'Connell |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Regan |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Hamilton West |
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In office June 25, 1968 – May 28, 1980 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Macaluso |
| Succeeded by | Stanley Hudecki |
| Constituency | Hamilton West |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Lincoln MacCauley Alexander January 21, 1922 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died |
October 19, 2012 (aged 90) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Yvonne Harrison (1948–1999, her death) Marni Beal (2011–2012) |
| Children | Keith Alexander |
| Residence | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Barrister and solicitor |
| Religion | Baptist |
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Viceregal styles of Lincoln MacCauley Alexander (1985–1991) |
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| Reference style | His Honour the Honourable |
| Spoken style | Your Honour |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Lincoln MacCauley Alexander, PC CC OOnt CD QC (January 21, 1922 – October 19, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer who became the first black Member of Parliament in the House of Commons, the first black federal Cabinet Minister serving as federal Minister of Labour, the first black Chair of the Worker’s Compensation Board, and the 24th Lieutenant-Governor serving Ontario from 1985 to 1991, and the first person to serve five terms as Chancellor of the University of Guelph, from 1991 to 2007. Alexander was also a governor of the Canadian Unity Council.
Alexander was born in a row house on Draper Street near Front Street and Spadina Avenue in Toronto, Ontario. He was the eldest son of Mae Rose (née Royale), who migrated from Jamaica, and Lincoln MacCauley Alexander, Sr., a carpenter by trade who worked as a porter on the Canadian Pacific Railway, who had come to Canada from St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Lincoln had a younger brother Hughie, born in 1924, and an older half-brother Ridley “Bunny” Wright, born to his mother in 1920 prior to her marriage to his father. Bunny was never accepted by Lincoln Sr. and was not allowed in the family’s house.
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