Bronze bust honouring Lincoln M. Alexander unveiled at Queen’s Park

A moving ceremony was held at Queen’s Park on Sunday afternoon during which a bronze bust of the Honourable Lincoln MacCauley Alexander was unveiled.

Designed and created by renowned Afrofuturist artist Quentin VerCetty, the statue marks the first time that a likeness honouring a Black Canadian political figure is displayed in any parliamentary setting in Canada.

Affectionately known as “Linc,” Alexander was a trailblazing member of Canada’s Black community.

He became the country’s first black MP when he elected to the House of Commons in 1968 after winning as the PC candidate in the Hamilton West riding.

Alexander, who died on Oct. 19, 2012 at the age of 90, was also the first Black viceregal in Canada serving as Ontario’s 24th lieutenant governor from 1985 to 1991.

He was also a former chair of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and the Canadian Race Relations Foundation.

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