FORMER M-P AND ACTIVIST HOWARD MCURDY DIES AT 85
By Andy Johnson
Former New Democrat M-P and civil rights activist Howard McCurdy has died.
McCurdy was Canada's second black M-P after the late Lincoln Alexander.
He was elected as a New Democrat from Windsor, Ontario in 1984 and against 1988, but was defeated in the Liberal sweep in the 1993 election.
Prior to his career in federal politics, McCurdy was a founder and the first president of the National Black Coalition of Canada.
McCurdy had suffered from cancer. he was 85.