Leonard Braithwaite becomes the first African Canadian elected to a provincial legislature

Leonard Austin Braithwaite, CM, OOnt, QC, lawyer, politician (born 23 October 1923 in Toronto, ON; died 28 March 2012 in Toronto). Braithwaite was the first Black Canadian elected to a provincial legislature. He served as a Liberal member of the Ontario Legislature from 1963 to 1975. 

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SOURCE:  The Canadian Encyclopedia

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