Harry Oliver White Explained

Harry Oliver White
Birth Date:6 January 1895
Birth Place:Glanworth, Ontario, Canada
Spouse:Dollie Pearl Page Tye
m. 14 Feb 1923[1]
Riding:Middlesex East
Term Start:June 1945
Term End:April 1962
Profession:farmer
Party:Progressive Conservative

Harry Oliver White (6 January 1895 – 4 September 1987) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Glanworth, Ontario and became a farmer by career. White served in World War I with the 63rd Field Battery, Canadian Expeditionary Force.

He won five consecutive elections at the Middlesex East riding from the 1945 federal election through the 1958 election. After completing his fifth term, the 24th Canadian Parliament, White left federal politics and did not seek another term in office.

He died in 1987 and is interred in Westminster, Ontario.[2]

References

  1. The Canadian Who's who. Roberts, C.G.D.. Tunnell, A.L.. Canadian Who's Who: With Which is Incorporated "Canadian Men and Women of the Time". 1966. v. 7-11; v. 13; v. 17; v. 19-20; v. 24. University of Toronto Press. 0068-9963. 13 May 2015.
  2. Web site: ON: Christ Church Anglican Cemetery (Harry O WHITE), CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project. geneofun.on.ca. 13 May 2015. 15 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191215125106/http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/924355?PHPSESSID=4fb872bb4524678f417bb5ec61544286. dead.