Robert Smeaton White | |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Cardwell | |
In office 1888–1895 | |
Preceded by | Thomas White |
Succeeded by | William Stubbs |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Mount Royal | |
In office 1925–1935 | |
Preceded by | District was created in 1924 |
Succeeded by | William Allen Walsh |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Antoine—Westmount | |
In office 1935–1940 | |
Preceded by | District was created in 1933 |
Succeeded by | Douglas Abbott |
Personal details | |
Born | Peterborough,Canada West | March 15,1856
Died | December 5,1944 88) Westmount,Quebec | (aged
Political party | Conservative |
Robert Smeaton White (March 15,1856 –December 5,1944) was a Canadian journalist and political figure. He represented Cardwell from 1888 to 1895,Mount Royal from 1925 to 1935 and Saint-Antoine—Westmount from 1935 to 1940 as a Conservative member. [1] [2]
He was born in Peterborough,Canada West in 1856, [1] the son of Thomas White and Esther Vine, [3] and studied at McGill University. In 1882,he married Ruth McDougall. He worked for a wholesale merchant at Montreal and then the Bank of Montreal,before joining the Montreal Gazette in 1884. White later became chief editor for the paper. In 1888,he married Annie Barclay after the death of his first wife. [4] He was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1888 by-election held in Cardwell after the death of his father. In 1896,he was appointed customs collector at Montreal. White ran unsuccessfully as a member of the National Government Party in Saint-Antoine—Westmount in 1940. [1] He died in Westmount on December 5,1944 at the age of 88. [3]
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