Lincoln Alexander
When Lincoln Alexander died on Oct. 19, 2012, he was honoured with a state funeral.
He deserved nothing less.
As Canada’s first Black Member of Parliament, a former Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, and a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Alexander dedicated his life to his country.
Alexander was born on Jan. 21, 1922 in Toronto to Lincoln MacCauley Alexander Sr. and Mae Rose Royale. His mother was born in Jamaica, and his father was from St. Vincent and the Grenadines. They met in Canada.
Alexander ‘s father was a sleeping car porter for the Canadian Pacific Railway and his mother was a maid.