Thursday, April 5, 2012

Ontario’s first black MPP, Leonard Braithwaite, dies at 87

Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life: BERTOLT BRECHT

Leonard Braithwaite led a most adequate life. He was remarkable man and a well-known practicing lawyer -- he was working pretty well right to the end:

http://www.thestar.com/mobile/NEWS/article/1157420     
 
"It was 1963, the year Martin Luther King made his famous "I have a dream" speech.

In Toronto, an ambitious young lawyer named Leonard Braithwaite was living his own dream. He was elected in Etobicoke under the Liberal banner and became Ontario's first black MPP, sitting in opposition.

The Harvard Business School graduate died March 28 at the age of 87, working part-time in his law office until recently and having amassed a long list of achievements in politics, civil rights, business and community work.

His honours include the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario.

"We have lost a trailblazer, a champion and a friend — but he leaves behind a tremendous legacy in the strong, diverse province he helped build," Premier Dalton McGuinty said in a statement."
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