Lincoln Alexander

The Honourable
 Lincoln MacCauley Alexander
 PC CC OOnt CD QC LLD LLB
24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
In office
1985–1991
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor General Jeanne Sauvé
Preceded by John Black Aird
Succeeded by Henry N. R. Jackman
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Hamilton West
In office
June 25, 1968 – May 28, 1980
Preceded by Joseph Macaluso
Succeeded by Stanley Hudecki
Constituency Hamilton West
Personal details
Born January 21, 1922 (1922-01-21) (age 90)
Toronto, Ontario
Political party Progressive Conservative
Occupation Barrister and solicitor, lawyer
Religion Baptist

Lincoln MacCauley Alexander, PC, CC, OOnt, CD, QC (born January 21, 1922), served as the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1985 to 1991. Alexander was also a Governor of the Canadian Unity Council.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, to West Indian immigrants, Lincoln Alexander first distinguished himself in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. He graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto in 1953.[1]

In 1968, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Hamilton West representative for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, becoming Canada's first black Member of Parliament. He held the seat for four successive elections.

While in office, he spoke to the press about Trudeau's alleged profanity in the fuddle duddle incident, and was an observer to the United Nations in 1976 and 1978. Under the brief government of Joe Clark in 1979-1980, Alexander served as Minister of Labour. He resigned his seat in 1980 to serve as chairman of the Ontario Worker's Compensation Board.

In 1985, on the advice of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Governor General Jeanne Sauvé appointed Lincoln Alexander the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. He became the second black person to serve in a vice-regal position in Canada. (James Douglas, who was of mixed descent, was Governor of Vancouver Island and of British Columbia prior to Canadian Confederation.) During his appointment, he focused attention on education and youth issues.

In 1992, Alexander was awarded the Order of Ontario. He also became a Companion of the Order of Canada. From 1991 to 2007, he served as Chancellor of the University of Guelph. His term exceeded that of any of his predecessors, and he assumed the office of Chancellor Emeritus.

In 2000, Alexander was named Chair of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, where he remains an active spokesman on race relations and veterans' issues. He is currently the Honourary Patron of the Hamilton, Ontario branch of St. John Ambulance, as well as Honourary Chief of the Hamilton Police Service.

In November 2006, his autobiography Go to School, You're a Little Black Boy: The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander: A Memoir was published (ISBN 1-55002-663-1).

Contents

Titles, styles, and honours

Honours

Awards

Honorific eponyms

Awards
Roads, highways, and bridges
Schools
Others

Arms

Arms of Lincoln Alexander
Notes
The arms of Lincoln Alexander consist of:[4]
Crest
Above a helmet mantled Azure doubled Argent on a wreath Argent and Azure a demi-lion Azure wearing a coronet rimmed Or heightened with trillium flowers Argent seeded Or and charged on the shoulder with a mullet Argent holding in the dexter forepaw scales of justice Or.
Escutcheon
Argent above two bars wavy Azure in base a lion rampant Sable armed and langued Azure charged on the shoulder with a trillium flower Argent seeded Or.
Supporters
Dexter a lion Sable armed and langued Azure semé of trillium flowers Argent seeded Or winged Bleu Celeste gorged with a collar Argent charged with palm fronds Vert sinister a bear Sable armed and langued Azure winged Bleu Celeste, gorged with a collar Argent pendant therefrom a pomme bordered Argent displaying the badge of the House of Commons of Canada proper.
Compartment
A grassy mound Vert strewn with palm fronds and breadfruit leaves Or rising above water Azure crested Argent.
Motto
Confidence Determination and Perseverance

References

  1. ^ York University "York University's Osgoode Hall Law School Alumni Association honours three outstanding members of the legal profession". York University. 3 April 1997. http://www.yorku.ca/mediar/releases_1996_2000/archive/040397.htm York University. Retrieved 2008-04-01. 
  2. ^ Office of the Governor General of Canada. Order of Canada citation. Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 24 May 2010
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Canadian Heraldic Authority (Volume II), Ottawa, 1992 

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Academic offices
Preceded by
Edmund Bovey		 Chancellor of the University of Guelph
1991-June 2007		 Succeeded by
Pamela Wallin

Post-Confederation (1867-present)

Stisted • Howland • Crawford • D.A. Macdonald • J.B. Robinson • Campbell • Kirkpatrick • Gzowski • Mowat • Clark • Gibson • Hendrie • Clarke • Cockshutt • Ross • Mulock • H.A. Bruce • Matthews • Lawson • Breithaupt • MacKay • Rowe • W.R. Macdonald • McGibbon • Aird • Alexander • Jackman • Weston • Bartleman • Onley

Province of Canada (1841-1866)*

Clitherow • Jackson • Bagot • Metcalfe • Cathcart • J. Bruce • E.W. Head • Monck

Upper Canada (1791-1841)

Simcoe • Russell • Hunter • Grant • Gore • Brock • Sheaffe • de Rottenburg • Drummond • Murray • F.P. Robinson • Smith • Maitland • Colborne • Bond Head • Arthur • Sydenham

British Province of Quebec (1759-1791)*

Amherst • Murray • Carleton • Haldimand • Carleton (2nd Time)

* The Crown's representative from 1759 to 1791, and from 1841 to 1866 held the office and rank of Governor-General