Monday, October 22, 2012

Former Lieutenant-Governor Lies In State

Former Ontario lieutenant-governor Lincoln Alexander's body is now lying in state at Queen's Park.

Tonight, Alexander's body will be returned to Hamilton, where he'll lie in repose at city hall until a state funeral on Friday.

Alexander was Canada's first black member of Parliament, first black cabinet minister, and he served as Ontario's lieutenant governor from 1985 to 1991.