Ray White | |
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MLA for Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury | |
In office 1993–1999 | |
Preceded by | riding established |
Succeeded by | Ron Chisholm |
Personal details | |
Political party | Liberal |
Residence | Canso,Nova Scotia |
Ray White is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1999. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
White served five terms as mayor of Canso,Nova Scotia before resigning to enter provincial politics. [1] In the 1993 provincial election,White defeated finance minister Chuck MacNeil to win the Guysborough-Port Hawkesbury riding. [2] He served as a backbench MLA in John Savage's government. He was re-elected in the 1998 election,defeating Progressive Conservative Ron Chisholm by 721 votes. [3]
Following the election,White was named the government's caucus chairman. [4] On December 11,1998,White was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs. [1] In the 1999 election,White and Chisholm did battle again,with Chisholm winning the seat by 134 votes. [5] [6] White later returned to municipal politics,again becoming mayor of Canso. He did not seek re-election in the 2008 municipal election. [7]
In 2012,White was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. [8]
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