Gerald Verner White Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Gerald Verner White
Constituency Mp1:Renfrew North
Parliament1:Canadian
Term Start1:1906
Term End1:1917
Predecessor1:Peter White
Successor1:Herbert John Mackie
Office2:Senator from Ontario
Term Start2:1919
Term End2:1948
Appointed2:Robert Borden
Birth Date:6 July 1879
Birth Place:Pembroke, Ontario, Canada
Relations:Peter White, father
Occupation:Mining engineer
Party:Conservative
Portfolio:Opposition Whip in the Senate

Gerald Verner White (July 6, 1879  - October 24, 1948) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Pembroke, Ontario, the son of Peter White and Janet Reid White, White was educated at Pembroke Public and High Schools. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering degree in 1901 from McGill University. He entered the lumber business, eventually becoming president of the Cunningham Lumber Company and the Pembroke Standard, Limited.

He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for Renfrew North in a 1906 by-election after the death of his father. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1908 and 1911. During World War I, he was a Colonel, Officer Reserve in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 New Year Honours for his efforts during the war.

He was appointed to the Senate of Canada for the senatorial division of Pembroke, Ontario on the advice of Robert Borden in 1917. He served until his death in 1948.

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