Lennox Farrell

Lennox Farrell

Lennox Farrell is a Canadian community activist and retired teacher from Toronto, Ontario.

Currently, he is head of the Caribbean Cultural Committee, which puts on the Caribana parade.

He ran as a New Democratic Party of Ontario candidate in the riding of Oriole in the 1990 provincial election, coming in second place behind Elinor Caplan.

He ran against popular North York Mayor Mel Lastman in 1994, over a dispute over the musical "Show Boat" being staged in North York. He finished a distant third.

In 1988 he was a founding member of the Black Action Defence Committee.


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