William White (Canadian politician)

William White, Q.C. (April 29, 1856 – May 9, 1953) was a Canadian politician. He served on the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories for Regina from 1883 to 1885.[1]

William White
Member of the Council of the Northwest Territories for Regina
In office
August 13, 1883 – August 12, 1885
Succeeded byDavid Jelly
Personal details
Born(1856-04-29)April 29, 1856
Hamilton, Canada West
DiedMay 9, 1953(1953-05-09) (aged 97)
Political partyIndependent
Occupationlawyer

White was born in 1856 at Hamilton, Ontario, the son of Thomas White. After receiving education at the Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto, he became a lawyer.[2] Though he served on the Northwest Territories Council as an independent as it was non-partisan, White affiliated himself later with the Conservative Party of Canada. He would practice law at Moosomin where he was also a prosecutor. He later moved to British Columbia, Yukon and England.[3] In 1887, he married Frances Louisa Cholerton-Hall.

He was elected in 1883 to the Council of the North West Territories, and retired at the next election, in 1885.

Electoral results

1883 election
August 13, 1883 by-election
[1] Name Vote %
     William White 89 59.33%
     Joseph O. Boucher 31 20.67%
     Edward Carss 30 20.00%
Total Votes 150 100%

References
  1. "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2007.
  2. Robertson, John Palmerston (1887), A political manual of the province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories, Winnipeg, Manitoba: The Call Printing Company, retrieved 19 February 2014
  3. http://www.treherne.ca/newspaper/1920/treherne_times_1920-06-18.pdf


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