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♂ Lincoln MacCauley Alexander
aliasLincoln Alexander
Record
482 · 106

☆   Jamaican-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 1 6
Birth 21 January 1922 → 102 years + 3 months ago
Lived 90 years + 8 months
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 5 months
Death 19 October 2012 → 11 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 4 months after 28 May 1980
Special notes
None
 
Lincoln MacCauley Alexander (1922–2012)
© Photo 2005 Lincoln Alexander Centre — licensed under CC0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
When Alexander won Hamilton West for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1968 general election, he was the first Black man elected to the House of Commons.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 11 10 29

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 31
PC
 1 Minister 57–58 04 Jun 1979 — 02 Mar 1980 0 8 27
 1. Labour

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ John O. (Jack) Burghardt  m 
⊖ Joseph A. Macaluso  m 
 		 ⊖ Stanley M. Hudecki  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 41,997 Votes: 30,939 Participation: 73.67% Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25138(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
43
PC
 2/4 10,888 35.55% -2,359 Winner:
LIB
 13,247 43.25% Joseph A. Macaluso
Eligible: inc. Votes: 33,627 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9978(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
46
PC
 1/3 13,580 40.38% +342 Loser:
LIB
 13,238 39.37% Thomas A. Beckett

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 50,506 Votes: 37,679 Participation: 74.60% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10233(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/4 19,837 52.65% +7,633 Loser:
LIB
 12,204 32.39% John O. (Jack) Burghardt

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 48,723 Votes: 34,372 Participation: 70.55% Candidacies: 6
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10497(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/6 15,421 45.23% +2,259 Loser:
LIB
 13,162 38.61% Milt Lewis

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 62,922 Votes: 42,331 Participation: 67.28% Candidacies: 5
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4440(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PC
 1/5 19,661 46.45% +5,802 Loser:
LIB
 13,859 32.74% Stanley M. Hudecki

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 62,922 Votes: 40,458 Participation: 64.30% Candidacies: 5
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4158(F) — 30 Jan 2022 11:53 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
PC
 1/5 15,500 38.56% +571 Loser:
LIB
 14,929 37.13% Stanley M. Hudecki
After his election:
28 May 1980 58
PC
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 3 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 62,922 Votes: 30,960 Participation: 49.20% Candidacies: 6
Federal
32		 Ontario
8 September 1980
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10867(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
LIB
 12,565 40.58% Stanley M. Hudecki

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Lincoln MacCauley Alexander, P.C., Q.C., C.C., C.D., O.Ont., K.St.J., M.P.		 18 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Lincoln MacCauley Alexander, C.P., c.r., C.C., C.D., O.Ont., K.St.J., député		 18 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Lincoln Alexander		 18 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Lincoln Alexander		 18 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 18 Apr 2024 23:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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